High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Porcelain Tower (or Porcelain Pagoda) of Nanjing , also known as Bao'ensi , is a historical site located on the south bank of the Yangtze in Nanjing, China. It was a pagoda constructed in the 15th century during the Ming Dynasty, but was mostly destroyed in the 19th century during the course of the Taiping rebellion. The tower is now under reconstruction.