The method of facial tattooing was to press linen threads into the charcoal ashes and draw the pattern on the cheeks. Then over the pattern, they laid iron needles spread apart like the bristles of a toothbrush, and pounded them with a hammer.
文面的方法，是以麻線沾炭灰，在臉頰等地方繪圖，再以牙刷狀的鐵針置於臉上待刺處，用木槌拍擊。