Tattoos have become very fashionable nowadays. Young ones are dying to get tattooed. You can find various types of design in tattoos. However, the most powerful and influential is the dragon tattoo. Dragon tattoo is the famous and vintage one amongst the tattoo world. It is very common among men and women. The symbol dragon represents the vast and dominant cultures of Japan and China. However, this symbol is not only being limited to these two countries only, but it is globally accepted now. Western countries are very keen to adopt this symbol of power in their daily routine. And in this context, being tattooed with dragon is the most popular one among the young ones.

    Dragon has a definite meaning and that is, it represents four elements which include Water, Earth, Wind and Fire. Not only this, but Dragon also represents the direction East, West, South and North. A dragon exhaling fire represents that the one who creates, can also destroy the same. It is similar to the phrase” nature nurture and nature destroys”.

    The dragon tattoos is an image of a reptile resembles to lizard or some kinds of dinosaur. The dragon tattoos also consists of forked tongue very similar to any reptile and its exhaling fire too.
The dragon tattoos represents enormous power. The color of dragon tattoo varies person to person. Generally, men will go for red or green colored dragon tattoo. They also prefer dragon exhaling fire. However, women choose something different regarding colors. They go for blue, pink or purple colored dragon. The tattoo sized is also varying from man to man. Younger ones go for big sized dragon tattoo. Among girls, small and colorful dragon is more preferred. Middle aged people also prefer small sized tattoo.

    According to the Chinese mythology, dragon represents Chinese ancestor. They think so, because they believe that their ancestors had supernatural powers. Dragon with fire is considered as the protector of lakes, rivers, streams and pools. If you explore Chinese and Japanese folk stories, you will find that they all consist of mighty dragons.