Pensioner ‘tattoos’ vehicles

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese pensioner covers every inch of his four vehicles with virtuous words from Buddhist texts. Li Zongxiong, 71, a workshop owner, started to ‘tattoo’ his car, two trucks and a motorbike nine years ago.

His words virtually cover the vehicles, including the mirrors, windscreens, bodywork, doors, wheels — and even the number plates. Li admitted his hobby had caused him trouble: “Passers-by thought I was doodling on the cars of others, and police found it hard to believe that someone would cover his own vehicle in writing,” he explained.

Li, who has only an elementary school education, said most of the words were taken from Buddhist texts. “I felt public morality was deteriorating, so I started to write some words of virtue on my vehicles,” he told China News Network.