The beautiful Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, in China, was known to its Buddhist builders as "Bao'ensi" - the "Temple of Gratitude." A French visitor in the 19th century described it as "the best contrived and noblest structure of all the East."

Once you successfully construct the Porcelain Tower, the construction speed for your ships is greatly increased, seriously bolstering any naval strategy. This Wonder also offers gives you control over every rare resource in your territory, even if you do not assign a Merchant to aquire that resource. Your income from Resources and Markets increases, also.