Images of the Laughing Buddha also spread west from China to Europe, where 18th-century elites showed their aesthetic ...

Laughing Buddha symbolises happiness, prosperity, and good fortune. Inspired by Budai, a joyful monk, his statue is believed ...

he added, laughing at the untraditional location ... “And obviously, the statue of the Buddha in this temple,” he said. “Anybody who comes to that temple, feels so calm and collected once ...