Classification and difference of bronze Buddha statues

佛像字面上意思为佛的形象，其塑造方式多样，类别更是广泛，包括观音菩萨铜像、如来铜雕塑、阿弥陀佛铜像及各种罗汉像等，细分还有很多类，是形象塑造中数量最多的一种。

Buddha literally means the image of the Buddha, and it is shaped in a variety of ways, the category is more extensive, including Guanyin Bodhisattva bronze statue, Tathagata bronze sculpture, Amitabha bronze statue and a variety of arhats, and so on. There are many subdivisions, is the largest number of image-building one.

按铸造方式上又分为铸铁佛像、铸铜佛像、玻璃钢佛像、琉璃佛像等，中国佛教文化源远流长，对国人的影响根深蒂固，为众多善男信女所供奉。

According to the casting method, it is divided into cast iron Buddha, cast bronze Buddha, glass reinforced plastic Buddha, glazed Buddha and so on. Chinese Buddhist culture has a long history, has a deep-rooted influence on the Chinese people, and is worshipped by many good men and women.

佛文化在历史发展过程中，由于地方文化区域差异也有了不同的发展方向，大致可分为汉传铜像，藏传铜佛像和南传佛像，文化不同，佛教铜像的面相造型也不同。

Buddhist culture in the course of historical development, due to regional differences in local culture also have different directions of development, can be roughly divided into Han bronze statue, Tibetan bronze Buddha statue and southern Buddha statue, different cultures, Buddhist bronze statue face modeling is also different.

汉传铜佛像面相圆润丰满，敦厚温和，慈祥，不怒自威，颜色受时代影响，现色彩鲜明，轮廓清晰，佛像造型精致细腻，栩栩如生，主要流传区域在汉族文化传播区。

The bronze Buddha statues of Han Dynasty are round and plump, gentle, gentle, benevolent, not angry and self-assertive. The colors are influenced by the times. They are bright in color, clear in outline, exquisite and delicate in shape and vivid. The main spreading areas are in the cultural transmission areas of Han nationality.

藏传铜佛像表情大多凶愤，以众多女神像，男女双身像为主，造型复杂多变，流传区域在西藏，四川，青海，云南等地。

Most of the Tibetan bronze Buddha statues are fierce and angry, with numerous goddesses, double figures of men and women as the main figures, complex and changeable shapes, spreading in Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan and other places.

南传铜佛像身躯瘦长，脸型秀丽，肉鬓高耸披着薄薄的圆领袈裟，通常是没有衣纹或者是布满了衣纹，流传区域在泰国，缅甸，高棉老挝，柬埔寨，中国的台湾和香港地区，有了这些区别，在供奉选择上也不尽相同。

Southern bronze Buddha statues are slender, beautiful, fleshy and towering in thin, round-necked robes, usually without or covered with clothing lines. They are spread in Thailand, Myanmar, Khmer Laos, Cambodia, Taiwan in China and Hong Kong. These differences make different choices of worship.