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Why do people confuse the fat laughing Chinese character ‘Budai’ with the real Buddha?

April 26, 2017Chinese confuse culture fat laughing people Religion Society spirituality

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Why do people confuse the fat laughing Chinese character ‘Budai’ with the real Buddha?

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I did that and got corrected. I like Budai, a fat laughing character, is more pleasant to look at than skeletal ascetic, easier to connect to than someone so spiritual his body wasted away.