What is Porcelain Tower?
[[Image:Porcelain Tower of Nanjing - Night View.jpg|thumb|250px|Reconstructed Porcelain Tower]] The '''Porcelain Tower''' was a giant [[porcelain]]-covered [[pagoda]] (Chinese [[tower]]) in [[Nanjing]], [[China]]. It was destroyed, but a copy has been built beside the [[Qinhuai River]]. The first tower was planned by the [[Yongle Emperor]] of the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] [[dynasties in Chinese history|family of rulers]] in the early [[15th century|1400s]]. It was built under his grandson the [[Xuande Emperor]] as part of his work on the [[Great Bao'en Temple]] between 1428 and 1431. It was 30{{nbsp}}[[meter]]s (97{{nbsp}}[[foot (unit)|feet]]) high and had 9 [[floor]]s. The top of the tower had a gold sphere that has been likened to a [[gold]]en [[pineapple]]. This first porcelain tower was destroyed by the [[Taipings]] in 1856. After [[Deng Xiaoping]]'s [[Opening Up Policy]] made China richer, a successful businessman named [[Wang Jianlin]] gave Nanjing 1,000,000,000{{nbsp}}[[RMB|{{sc|rmb}}]] in 2010 to rebuild the Porcelain Tower. The copy and the park around it opened in December 2015. [[Category:Buildings and structures in Nanjing]] [[Category:Towers in China]] [[Category:15th-century buildings and structures]]