@beijingchina_066: Shanghai's first landmark was built on empty land 🌆 Oriental Pearl, 1994 — when it went up, there was almost nothing around it. Just farmland and warehouses 😳 Its design comes from a Tang dynasty poem: large and small pearls falling onto a jade plate 📜 11 spheres held up on columns. 468m. It was the tallest in China for over a decade 🏮 #shanghai #orientalpearl #china #chinatravel #architecture #pudong #nightview