Why the Buddha should be extravagantly decorated with gold body

This is because of the legend of the Buddha are inside the body with a golden light, so carpenters after the manufacture of the Buddha will give the Buddha statue on the gold lacquer, people see the Buddha statue of the gold body is also very consistent with the image of the Buddha, over time this habit has been preserved, so that the Buddha statue generally have a gold lacquer over the gold body, of course, like the statue of the Jigong is not the gold lacquer, because of the Jigong's image is the shoes broken hat broken, but feel unlike, Guan Gong's statue is generally carved from the finest redwood, with the endangerment of the red beanies in recent years, the red beanie shirt is endangered, the Buddha's image is not the same. Duo on the gold lacquer but do not feel like, Guan Gong's image is generally carved from the finest redwood, with the endangerment of the red bean shirt in recent years, carpenters will use ordinary wood on the red lacquer, so that it looks like a very good image