The beauty of Thai stilt house windows
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The windows of a Thai stilt house, a part of the house, seem very normal, sometimes we do not pay attention. The problem worth mentioning is its philosophy of life. A peaceful home, how can it lack one of the elements: "father, mother, child". This is the wish, dream, and desire for happiness of people.
What inspired the Thai people to make windows with all the elements of "father, mother, child" like that? According to author Phan Ngoc Khue, it was the banana tree that inspired the ancient Thai people. The ancient Thai people lived in the mountains and forests, ate banana stems and banana fruits, and used banana leaves to roof huts and houses. They considered the banana tree their "soul" tree in Muong Then... Later, when society developed and life became better, when building houses, people designed all the elements of "father, mother, child" in the windows (*).
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(*) Reference and notes: Phan Ngoc Khue - From banana tree to window frame - Architecture Journal, No. 2/1984. pp.28,30.
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