The meaning of Ferris wheel tattoo is happiness and eternity, which is the so-called happy ferris wheel. It is said that each box of the ferris wheel is full of happiness. When we look up to the ferris wheel, we are looking up to happiness. How high happiness is, how high the ferris wheel is.
The ferris wheel was built by American George Designed by Faris for the Chicago exposition in 1893, it aims to compete with the Paris tower built at the Paris Exposition in 1889. It is said that lovers sitting on the ferris wheel kiss at the highest point of the ferris wheel, and they will go down together forever.
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