The lost Porcelain Tower of Nanjing , ranked 1 of the 7 wonders of the medieval basis , is dorsum inwards Nanjing to a greater extent than than a hundred in addition to 50 years afterwards it was destroyed. One of the almost famous of Chinese buildings , the tower was constructed inwards the 15th century past times the Ming Dynasty’s Yongle Emperor inwards accolade of his deceased mother. It was business office of a large complex of the Bao'en Temple. Neither the master temple nor the tower live today.
The tower was built alongside glazed white porcelain bricks that were said to glitter inwards the sunlight. Worked into the porcelain of the walls was a mixture of dark-green , xanthous , brownish in addition to white glazes in addition to stonework shaped inwards the flat of animals , flowers , bamboo , landscapes in addition to Buddhist images.
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