Authorities say the design of the North Nanjing station takes inspiration from plum blossoms, which the city is known for.
But online, others are pointing out its resemblance to something rather different - a sanitary pad.
“This is a giant sanitary pad. It’s embarrasing to say it looks like a plum blossom,” said one comment on social media site Weibo.
The topic has generated millions of views across various Chinese social media platforms.
“Why can we all tell it is a sanitary pad immediately, but the architects can’t?” one Weibo user said.
Maybe the building WAS meant to be a plum blossom. Maybe the architects are all dudes who never saw a feminine product in their life or had to do the emergency pad run for a woman they love.
But whoever designed these roof vents knew EXACTLY what they were doing.
There is NO plum blossom anywhere in nature that has that specific squared geometric pattern, or anything like it.
But there are quite a number of sanitary pads that do.
Maybe the roof was designed by the same person who did that memorable cover art for The Little Mermaid DVD back in the day, lol.