Owners animal laser etched on his back flowers or ideograms
Marga Zambrana, Beijing, (EFE) .- The Fashion tattoo is primed in China the defenseless parrot fish, a pet whose cheap price increases to record with laser in his back flowers and Chinese characters of fortune, a technique cruel as the animal lovers .
In the market of flowers and Pekingese Laitai animals, two of the twenty positions of animals sold fish tattooed with flowers, a technique to attract superstitious buyers also are attracted by displaying on their backs the Chinese characters "love", "happiness" "Fortune" or "longevity."
The business owner says they are not those who get tattoos, but that's imported from Taiwan already decorated, but would not elaborate on the controversial issue.
However, the owner of a nearby store, Ruili Wang says that it is a cruelty that goes against all ethics: "I do not sell these fish. These tattoos are made with a laser, is very cruel that harms fish "notes on the inside of your pet store," Golden Fish Culture quintessence of China. "
Wang, fish "are living beings, like humans, and tattooed the back is" a lack of respect for life, which also is done to make more money ", because that species is very cheap.
However, until this owner recognizes that there are customers who buy these fish curiosity recorded with flowers, hearts or phrases of good luck as" Gongxian Facai " ("Happy New Year") to get more attention at the time of sale.
For example, a copy of parrot fish tattooed with a flower can cost about 40 yuan (6 U.S. dollars or 4.3 euros), well above of its value, compared to 170 ($ 25.8) which costs a couple of goldfish, a symbol of good luck or marriage in China.
Vendors say the fish tattoo fashion started in Taiwan and was imported China a few years ago, where he became popular as a result of a belief that identifies the fish to prosperity, because its pronunciation is similar in Chinese, and fertility, the large number of offspring they have.
Wang's shop is full of so-called "goldfish" or "jin yu" (Carassius auratus), a colorful family of domesticated carp began in China during the Jin Dynasty (265-420).
"We just trading with beautiful fish," says Wang, "In the same way they bring us joy, we also try these animals are happy," she adds.
The Chinese buy fish for several reasons, the principal and animal company, but also by the "Feng Shui" or Chinese geomancy, an aesthetic discipline that plays with the five elements recommended by canals and ponds placed in certain locations to attract good fortune.
addition, popular belief says that if the pond or tank is filled with six goldfish and one black the water element will be stronger, a practice most common in northern China, which is much drier compared to south.
"In the old courtyards of Beijing's 'siheyuan', always had a large vase with goldfish that our grandparents caring. Many customers want to preserve that memory and buy these" Wang said the saleswoman
Another reason is that the "jin yu are one of the eight auspicious objects of Buddhism (" Ashta Mangala "in Sanskrit), along with an empty throne, a swastika, in the footsteps of Buddha , a begging bowl, Tibetan endless knot, a vase with jewels and the Cup of the Treasury.
A pedigree that certainly lacks the underdog parrotfish that tattooing is "full of ink stick needles in their skin is very sensitive, so that an inflammatory response to the ink and the trauma of needle, causing pain for several days until it heals, "said Kati Loeffler, expert of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in China.
In a country where pets are growing in parallel with its development, it is necessary to know that "fish are not pets like dogs or cats, which can be played without problem. In fact, suffer from a stress when they are tattooed, "he concluded.
Source: http://www.lavanguardia.es/internacional/20110315/54127413068/peces-tatuados-la-ultima-excentricidad-entre-las-mascotas-de-los-chinos.html
A parrot fish tattoos on their backs
Marga Zambrana, Beijing, (EFE) .- The Fashion tattoo is primed in China the defenseless parrot fish, a pet whose cheap price increases to record with laser in his back flowers and Chinese characters of fortune, a technique cruel as the animal lovers .
In the market of flowers and Pekingese Laitai animals, two of the twenty positions of animals sold fish tattooed with flowers, a technique to attract superstitious buyers also are attracted by displaying on their backs the Chinese characters "love", "happiness" "Fortune" or "longevity."
The business owner says they are not those who get tattoos, but that's imported from Taiwan already decorated, but would not elaborate on the controversial issue.
However, the owner of a nearby store, Ruili Wang says that it is a cruelty that goes against all ethics: "I do not sell these fish. These tattoos are made with a laser, is very cruel that harms fish "notes on the inside of your pet store," Golden Fish Culture quintessence of China. "
Wang, fish "are living beings, like humans, and tattooed the back is" a lack of respect for life, which also is done to make more money ", because that species is very cheap.
However, until this owner recognizes that there are customers who buy these fish curiosity recorded with flowers, hearts or phrases of good luck as" Gongxian Facai " ("Happy New Year") to get more attention at the time of sale.
For example, a copy of parrot fish tattooed with a flower can cost about 40 yuan (6 U.S. dollars or 4.3 euros), well above of its value, compared to 170 ($ 25.8) which costs a couple of goldfish, a symbol of good luck or marriage in China.
Vendors say the fish tattoo fashion started in Taiwan and was imported China a few years ago, where he became popular as a result of a belief that identifies the fish to prosperity, because its pronunciation is similar in Chinese, and fertility, the large number of offspring they have.
Wang's shop is full of so-called "goldfish" or "jin yu" (Carassius auratus), a colorful family of domesticated carp began in China during the Jin Dynasty (265-420).
"We just trading with beautiful fish," says Wang, "In the same way they bring us joy, we also try these animals are happy," she adds.
The Chinese buy fish for several reasons, the principal and animal company, but also by the "Feng Shui" or Chinese geomancy, an aesthetic discipline that plays with the five elements recommended by canals and ponds placed in certain locations to attract good fortune.
addition, popular belief says that if the pond or tank is filled with six goldfish and one black the water element will be stronger, a practice most common in northern China, which is much drier compared to south.
"In the old courtyards of Beijing's 'siheyuan', always had a large vase with goldfish that our grandparents caring. Many customers want to preserve that memory and buy these" Wang said the saleswoman
Another reason is that the "jin yu are one of the eight auspicious objects of Buddhism (" Ashta Mangala "in Sanskrit), along with an empty throne, a swastika, in the footsteps of Buddha , a begging bowl, Tibetan endless knot, a vase with jewels and the Cup of the Treasury.
A pedigree that certainly lacks the underdog parrotfish that tattooing is "full of ink stick needles in their skin is very sensitive, so that an inflammatory response to the ink and the trauma of needle, causing pain for several days until it heals, "said Kati Loeffler, expert of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in China.
In a country where pets are growing in parallel with its development, it is necessary to know that "fish are not pets like dogs or cats, which can be played without problem. In fact, suffer from a stress when they are tattooed, "he concluded.
Source: http://www.lavanguardia.es/internacional/20110315/54127413068/peces-tatuados-la-ultima-excentricidad-entre-las-mascotas-de-los-chinos.html
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