What is the meaning of Banana Window

The banana window is a special design in a type of traditional Chinese architecture, which usually consists of installing a window next to or on the side of a house, and inserting a bamboo or wooden stick into a favorable position between the top and bottom edges of the window for drying clothes, fruits, and so on. This design solution is perfect for the humid climate of southern China due to its simplicity and practicality.

The origin of the concept of the banana window is said to date back to the Tang Dynasty period. However, despite the fact that it has long been an important part of China's architectural culture, the banana window is still unfamiliar to many people. However, for architectural design professionals, the banana window has become a highly representative element of traditional architectural culture, a folk architectural cultural symbol with a strong sense of place and harmony with nature.

Banana windows, as a traditional design element, can not only give buildings an aesthetic appearance, but also allow people to create a distinctive feeling of living. Nowadays, many people take it as a popular creative element and use it in interior design, home decoration and other fields. Banana window not only expresses people's pursuit of traditional culture of a kind of sentiment, but also our architectural cultural diversity of a kind of protection and inheritance.