#6 Re: La Torre de Porcelana
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The Porcelain Tower of nanjing
The people of China called it the Temple of Gratitude. European visitors who beheld the structure called it the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing and labeled it one of the wonders of the world. But wars and destruction overtook it in the 19th century, and this remarkable structure was almost lost to history, forgotten by the world.
Still, for many people who had known the tower well, it was an elegant example of a Buddhist pride. "The best and noblest structure of all the East," wrote Le Comte, the French mathematician who had made a visit to China in the early 19th century.
From an octagon base about 97 feet in diameter, the tower's nine stories rose pyramid like to a height of about 260 feet. According to information obtained by an American scholar who journeyed to Nanjing in 1852, the original plan for the tower had called for 13 stories and a total height of about 330 feet. Although those masses were never realized, the smaller size made little difference, because size was not what made the structure so memorable for visitors.
The amazing white porcelain bricks that faced the tower were what made it so unforgettable. By day, the bricks glittered in the sun, and at night they were lit up by perhaps as many as 140 lamps hanging around the exterior of the temple. Worked into the porcelain panels were colorful stoneware tiles with green, yellow, white, and brown glazes forming images of animals, landscapes, flowers, and bamboo.
That is why the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing is so marvelous and a wonderful example of Buddhist accomplishment.
Media 330 pies de alto, parece ser que estaba echa con ladrillos de Porcelana blanca
y era una de las 7 maravillas de la Edad media, junto con éstas:
1 - La torre de pisa.
2 - La muralla China
3 - El templo de Hagia Sophia
4 - Stonehenge
5 - Catacumbas de Kom el Shogafa
6 - El coliseo
7 - Torre de Porcelana de nanjing.
Espero os haya iluminado, vuelvan pronto.............
PD: Si, la segunda es de un juego, pero dicen que era asi. Quien soy yo para no creerles
. Salu2!
