Why are all Buddhist figures Oriental images, and who created these images?

The Buddha statue is not an oriental image at all, it should be an Indian image, the kind with a high nose and deep eyes, the Buddha statue has regional characteristics, in India it is the image of India, in the Western Regions it is compared with the image of the Western Regions, in the interior it is compared with the image of the mainland, and the wide robe and big sleeves of the Tang Dynasty. There are not only regional characteristics, but also the characteristics of the times. Also, the Guanyin in India is male, and the Guanyin in the Central Plains has become female, and the regional characteristics are so obvious that even the gender has changed!

Buddhism was created by Shakyamuni in India, but after it was introduced to China, it added the thoughts and expectations of the Chinese, so the Chinese modified the image of the Buddha according to their own expectations. From a certain point of view, Chinese Buddhism has infiltrated Chinese Taoist thought, for example, in Journey to the West, there are Taoist mythological characters such as Taishang Laojun and Tai Bai Xing in the sky. And even if different countries follow the same religion, they create different images of Buddhas.

For example, in the hearts of Westerners, the mythical characters of the Virgin Mary of God are the same as them.

It seems to me that as the saying goes, if there is God in you, you have God.

Buddhism was created by Shakyamuni in India and only spread in the East, so Buddhist figures such as Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are naturally images of Orientals. As for their physical appearance, it is imagined by Buddhist people based on the character traits of Buddhist characters.

Master Jingkong said that when he was preaching in Southeast Asia, the Buddha statues there were Thai images, and when he was lecturing in China, the Buddha statues were the images of Chinese, and in the United States, almost most of the Buddha statues were Chinese images, and Master Jingkong discussed with some American Buddhists and some craftsmen to make Buddha statues in the image of Americans.

The image is created by the person who has become a Buddha himself, and in the West there is an image of a Westerner when he becomes a Buddha.

Do you know that Master Xuanzang learned scriptures from the West? He brought back many Buddha statues, which are not something that our descendants can create!

The regional characteristics are quite obvious, hehe.

Diamond Sutra: If a person sees me with color and asks me with a voice, he is walking in an evil way, and he will not be able to see me.

I remember that there was a statue of the Great Trend Bodhisattva that was painted as an American......

Caused by external delays!

Friend, you want to make a Buddha statue, and his appearance is still similar to yours, do you believe it?

This is the state of ambiguity, one's own child, who does not want to be himself, like whom.

Personal opinions, shallow knowledge, wrong to ask for no fight.

Because Buddhism wants to spread widely in China and develop believers, it must be more in line with Chinese culture and people's thoughts, so it is inevitable to make changes.

The biggest characteristic of the Chinese nation is that it is inclusive, absorbed, and developed. The image of Buddhism has been absorbed and recreated by Chinese craftsmen and artists, and has evolved into more Chinese characteristics. Buddhism has also made corresponding changes to meet the needs of those in power.

During the period of social turmoil, the people's fear of war and their expectation of peace made them need spiritual sustenance, and Taoism was quiet and inactive, focusing on their own self-cultivation, which was obviously not in line with the majority of people, so the Buddhist idea of universal sentient beings was propagated again. (At the heart of Buddhist thought is dependent arising, which denies the existence of a supreme god and holds that things are forever in a boundless cause and effect without beginning or end.) At the same time, it emphasizes personal liberation and the universality of all beings.

Later religious movements made Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism merge the three religions, develop and restrain each other, and gradually form contemporary Buddhism.

At the end of the Dharma period, the evil teacher was like the sand of the Ganges.

In the Kushan Kingdom, during the time of Ganiseka, King Ganiseka believed in Buddhism, so Buddhism has been greatly developed. Although it cost a huge amount of money to promote Buddhism and build Buddhist temples and pagodas, these were the blood and sweat of the vast number of Indian working people at that time, but from the perspective of human civilization, it left a valuable legacy to future generations. Due to the prevalence of Buddhism in India at that time, Buddhism had a strong radiation force, and Buddhism began to be introduced to China during this period, and then from China to Korea, and from Korea to Japan, making Buddhism a typical oriental religion.