The Laughing Buddha’s transformation into a global icon results from both the fascination with Chinese porcelain in 18th-century Europe and the 20th-century spread of Japanese Zen Buddhism.

An exhibition about the Laughing Buddha at the Sixth World Buddhist Forum, which runs through Thursday in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. [Photo by Zhang Wei/China Daily] According to legend, during ...

A new book with the jolly Laughing Buddha, whose large potbelly symbolises happiness, good luck and abundance, on its front cover explores the secret universe of happiness and the various ways one ...

Stolen antiques: This Buddha is laughing, but not the crooks who stole him. 163 articles were seized by the Jamshoro police. Z Ali May 19, 2011. facebook twitter whatsup linkded email.

From China, images of Cloth Bag as the Laughing Buddha traveled in two directions. They spread first in East Asia to countries such as Vietnam, Korea and Japan. Zen is a popular form of Buddhism ...