Laughing Buddha Jade Carving / Giok Buddha Julai

Ukiran Giok Buddha Julai 

Budai
A statue of Maitreya Buddha in Budai form in Emei, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Chinese name
Chinese	布袋
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bùdài Wade–Giles Pu4-tai4 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping bou3 doi6 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Pò͘-tē
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	笑佛
Literal meaning	Laughing Buddha
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiào Fó Wade–Giles Hsiao4 Fo2
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese	胖佛
Literal meaning	Fat Buddha
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Pàng Fó Wade–Giles P'ang4 Fo2
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Bố Đại
Korean name
Hangul	포대
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Po-dae McCune–Reischauer P'o-tae

Budai or Pu-Tai^[1][2] (Chinese: 布袋; pinyin: Bùdài), or 布袋 (Hotei) in Japanese,^[3] Bố Đại in Vietnamese, is a Chinese folkloricdeity. His name means "Cloth Sack,"^[3]and comes from the bag that he is conventionally depicted as carrying. He is usually identified with or seen as an incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha, so much so that the Budai image is one of the main forms in which Maitreya is depicted in China.^[3] He is almost always shown smiling or laughing, hence his nickname in Chinese, the Laughing Buddha (Chinese: 笑佛; pinyin: Xiào Fó).^[1][3][4] In the West, the image of Budai is often mistaken for Gautama Buddha, and is hence called the Fat Buddha(Chinese: 胖佛; pinyin: Pàng Fó).

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