The big Buddha statue is located at the mountaintop Po Lin monastery on Lantau island, fairly close to Hong Kong airport.
Buddha is not a country.
Siddhartha Gautam Buddha, Lord Buddha was born in Nepal..Nepal is a small country between china and india..
天坛大佛 [tiān tán dà fó] 天坛 ---> altar of the heaven 大 ---> big in scale 佛 ---> buddha So, it's Tian Tan (Big) Buddha actually and it's located in Hong Kong.
The Buddha is not depicted with a big belly in Tibetan or Indian art. The big belly seems to be a Chinese thing. [Addendum: My Chinese cultural consultant says that the big-bellied Buddha is most certainly Maitreya, the future Buddha. The big belly represents being full of potential.]
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Big Belly Laughing Buddha in Chinese language....
The Buddha, originally Siddhartha Gautama, was born in what is today Northeastern India. He was born a prince and what he was exposed to on the streets caused him to see death, injury, depression, and poor people. He was later enlightened under the Bodhi Tree, becoming the Buddha.
Daibutsu _____ This is not correct, Daibutsu means "Big Buddha" (大 = big, 仏 = Buddha), and is most often used to refer to large Buddha statues. Buddha is simply "仏", pronounced "futsu/butsu" or "hotoke", depending on context (and who you ask).
BUDDHA!
Nepal
in Northern India