Why are so many of the tallest statues related to buddhism?
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Like previous commenter said, the East has had significantly more wealth than the west, at least until the 1600s. Buddhism as a religion was very popular with merchants, as East Asian merchants were the first to adopt Buddhism. The religion is popular with farming families, because they believe that faith in the Buddha’s teachings brings good harvests, an ideal not popular in Western/Middle Eastern religions. In short, the two main socioeconomic classes in the Far East were majority Buddhists, and they also controlled most of the wealth, so they directed it towards massive shrines and statues.
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