. Like other monuments of the same style constructed in China since CHINA. 55 the beginning of our era, that is, since the introduction of Buddhism,the Tower of Nankin symbolises the superposed spheres of the heavens ;it is not, therefore, astonishing that the divinities are banished to thehighest… … PORCELAIN TOWER OP NANKIN. the roofs of each storey, and outside these nine storeys hung a hundredand twenty-eight lamps; twelve other porcelain lamps decorated thecentre of the pavilion on the ground floor. Measured exactly, thetower was ascertained to be 90 ft. at the base, and 263 ft. 56 HISTORY…
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