就过去的社会认知来看,文身多半属黑道或下层社会寻求认同的产物,因为团体压力而文身,如加入帮派;出于好玩或叛逆心理,要是同侪中有文身,可以彰显自己的勇气。新版《辞海》中是这样解释文身概念的:“许多民族在早期发展阶段中存在的一种风习。方法是用针在人体全身或局部刺出自然物或几何图形,刺后有染色与不染色之分,一般用做图腾标志,有些民族在进入阶级社会之后,则用以表示等级身份或作秘密社会成员的标记。” As far as social cognition in the past is concerned, most tattoos are the product of the underworld or lower social search for identity because of the pressure of the group to become tattoos, such as joining the gangs, and for fun or rebellious psychology, if their peers have tattoos, they can demonstrate their courage. The new version of “Cihai” explains the concept of tattooing in this way: "The ethos that many ethnicities have in their early stages of development is that they need to be stabbed out of the body or part of the human body with natural objects or geometric shapes, stained and not stained Dyeing is generally used as a symbol of totem, and some ethnic groups, after entering class society, are used to indicate their rank or mark of being a member of a secret society.