It dated back to King Lac Long Quan reign when he got tatoos on his body to threaten underwater dangerous animals. Since then, Tattooist really appeared early BC . According to this traditional affair, Tran's dynasty has got many kings got tatoos as they went swimming for entertaining.
Mang ethnic group said it that this traditional convention , one of the best things in their life – Chin’s tatoos. Not only the person who take tatoos but also the paticipants consider it belongs to the spiritual life. The God pray them a good life if they can stand for painfulness as the experts sew the needle to their skin.
The legend has it that the husband or his wife take responsibility for doing these rites. If someone would not have done it, they have not had chances to get received as an adult as well as getting through heaven gate. The soul aslo has to take many penalties : the soul hang a huge mortal on his neck ,then he takes a walk on a wooden brigde to cross a canyon without handle bar.
As the results, the young people receive and welcome these traditional ceremony to get received as an adult from his clan as well as the whole community.
Nevertheless, it is uneasy to maintain this convention by their own affair in daily life. The golden time to arrange this affair is from 12 year old , especially, good days in Lunar October. People supposed that this affair has gone for thirty years, so that is why there is not many people know it. If a person owns one chin’s tatoos , he has to do it 30 years before.