Continue to walk around, I looked at more than ten or twenty stalls in a row, but there was no gain, not that there were no treasures, I met two or three in the middle, but they were all being talked about, according to the rules of the industry, there is no need to meddle in.

I don't know when, Xu Hong and Brother Yu have already taken the lead, and they are bargaining with others.

It seems that Xu Hong bought that thing with a little thought, and Brother Yu gave some advice, prompting Xu Hong to decide to buy the bronze Buddha statue.

However, that bronze Buddha statue is a bit odd, the Buddha has four faces.

"What a strange Buddha statue, how do you feel that it is not our country?" Andy couldn't help but say.

After hearing this, the audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help laughing: Buddhism itself was not introduced from outside, so how could it be our country?

Hu Yang explained to everyone: "Andy actually guessed correctly! This is an Indian god called Brahma, which should be said to be one of the three main gods in Hinduism. ”

"Huh, isn't Hinduism Buddhist?" said Hao, surprised.

If it's a Buddha, shouldn't it be Buddhism?

This is not only Ah Hao's doubts, everyone in the live broadcast room is shocked, obviously puzzled, and the same questions are bothering their hearts.

Or is Buddhism not called Buddhism in India, but Hinduism?

Some people speculated this, but after Hu Yang saw it, he shook his head and said, "No! Buddhism and Hinduism are two different sects. As we all know, Buddhism was born in ancient India, so many people will think that ancient India was a Buddhist country.

In fact, there were many religions in ancient India, and there were all kinds of ghosts and gods, which can be regarded as a comprehensive religious country. Buddhism, in their country, is not the most popular.

And, as you may not know, Hinduism and Buddhism are opposites.

The two are fundamentally philosophical contradictory to each other, so there has been a lot of conflict between the two religions throughout history, and most of the time, Hinduism still prevails. ”

As we all know, there are many gods in India and they are chaotic. It's just Hindu civilization, many people are always at a loss by those many gods, plus the gods have wives and children, and various incarnations, and their complexity is beyond the grasp of ordinary people.

However, at the very top of all the great gods of Hinduism are the three main gods, namely Brahma, the god of creation, Vishnu, the god of protection, and Shiva, the god of destruction.

Brahma is the creator of the universe, so he is worshiped as the "god of creation", and his position among the three main gods is also relatively transcendent, and he belongs to the leading big brother level. Brahma has four faces, facing east, west, north and south, and four hands, holding lotus flowers, Vedic scriptures, prayer beads, and spoons.

"Then what's going on with this Buddha statue?" Sister Yuan couldn't figure it out.

This brings us to the explanation of this Brahma, in India, among the tens of thousands of temples, there are very few temples dedicated to Brahma. Maybe it's because his status in the divine realm is too transcendent, and he doesn't often descend to the mortal world like several other great gods, so the incense in the mundane world is naturally bleaker.

But in Thailand and other Southeast Asian regions, Brahma is extremely popular and has a well-known name - Erawan Buddha.

It is one of the protector gods of Buddhism after the rise of Buddhism, and it is said to have the function of blessing the wealth and auspiciousness of the world, and has a very large number of believers in Southeast Asia.

In fact, Buddhism's growth has a lot to do with the fact that it has always been able to turn the gods of other sects into its own.

Let's think about it, when Buddhism came to China, how many Taoist gods and Chinese folk gods have also become their Buddhas?"

Hearing Brother Hu's words, everyone was stunned. couldn't help but nod, agreeing with Brother Hu's statement. In China, it is not so much the localization of Buddhism as the fact that Buddhism strives to integrate into it in order to adapt to the water and soil, and to adopt Chinese culture and integrate it into their Buddhist culture.

It is no wonder that whether it is ancient myths and stories, or some of the current ones, Buddhism is always so shameless, seeing any good things, they all say that they have a fate with themselves, and they keep saying that they want to save others.

It seems that the supreme gods of Hinduism have been tempered by Buddhism.

made such a four-faced Buddha come out, so that the supreme god of the family can only be a small person in his own sect, I have to say, this idea is also a bit shameless, isn't it deliberately stepping on others?

This is tantamount to saying to Hinduism: Look, your supreme god can only be a small minion in our Buddhism.

"So, it is both a Buddha and a god?" Sister Yuan understood.

Hu Yang nodded: "The people of Buddhism call it the four-faced Buddha, and the people of Hinduism call it Brahma, or the four-faced god." Actually, it's all the same God. It is in Thailand and is the most exuberant Buddha statue of incense.

For those who believe in Buddhism, coming to Bangkok without worshipping the Erawan Buddha is like entering a temple without worshipping God, which is an unthinkable thing. ”

"So, that is, this is an Indian thing?" asked Hao.

As soon as these words came out, Sister Yuan immediately laughed and scolded: "Stupid! If this is a bronze statue made in India, it will not be the image of a Buddha." This should be from the Southeast Asian side. ”

Hu Yang nodded: "Sister Yuan is still smart, it is indeed a bronze Buddha statue in Southeast Asia, it looks a little old, it is estimated that it is an object from four or five hundred years ago, the late Ming Dynasty."

However, I'm sure it was made up by the Chinese. It's not that I look down on Southeast Asians, at that time, they weren't so skilled.

I guess that this was originally done by the Chinese who went to Nanyang at that time. ”

Seeing Xu Hong's 6,000 yuan talked, Hu Yang said with a smile: "This time, Brother Xu can be said to have made a lot of money." It seems that Brother Yu is very interested in Buddha statues. ”

Of course, there's nothing surprising about that. As a master of jade carving, he has carved jade Buddhas, right?

It can be seen that Xu Hong made up his mind to buy the Erawan Buddha, basically listening to Brother Yu's suggestion.

"Is it worth much?" someone asked.

"Well, although it is a foreign thing, the casting process is indeed Chinese, and the gilding process is also used. I've talked to you before, and the gilding technology of the Ming Dynasty was very good. Among the many dynasties, the gilded bronze Buddha of the Ming Dynasty is almost the most valuable. Hu Yang said to everyone.

He thought about it for a while and whispered to everyone that the gilded four-faced Buddha would not be worth less than two million. If you meet buyers from Southeast Asia or even Hong Kong, the value will be even higher.

After they finished trading, Hu Yang led everyone over.

Seeing Hu Yang coming over, Xu Hong hurriedly handed over the Buddha statue: "Brother, help me take a look at this one, Brother Yu said it was very good." ”

"Brother Yu is right, it is a very good gilded four-faced Buddha, and the objects at the end of the Ming Dynasty are at least two million. This object can be brought to Hong Kong Island for auction in the future, and it is estimated that there will be surprises. ”

Hearing Hu Yang's words, Xu Hong was excited, and nodded again and again: "Understood, understood!"

Andy asked Brother Yu, "Brother Yu, how did you see that this is a baby?"