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In this video, I introduce you the stunning elements and features of ancient Persian houses. The ingenuous and eco-friendly design in which the house was kept warm during cold winters and pleasant in hot summer days are so shocking. Not to mention the eye-catching designs, plasterwork, mirror works, and paintings that symbolize rich Persian concepts. The colorful flowers are another remarkable feature of these houses that attract so many visitors.
Well, you might be wondering why the features and elements of traditional houses varying region by region! Well, each feature and element varies depending on the climate, culture, and principals of the area.
The windows play a prominent role in penetrating daylight into buildings. They were to build unique spaces in the house.
The odds are that colors were not the only thing used for decoration; there were also other elements being used for coloring the environment. The decoration was not just for the artistic viewpoints but was also used as insulation.
The windows of the building are called Orosi. Or is a word that means ascending and the word si also means a ray of light which is common in the southern dialects of Iran and finally it is called ascending windows.
This is a Persian word that means open.
In Europe, such doors are called guillotines because they go up and down.
In Orosi art, no nails or glue are used and all the designs and drawings that are used on it are connected using delicate wooden connections and all the colored glass in which Used to be embedded in the grooves of wooden tools.
The art used on the windows is called Gereh Chini. Gereh Chini is an art created with cut pieces of wood and stained glass in various shapes and geometric units that are harmoniously placed together in a definite and repetitive frame.
A remarkable point about the windows in Persian houses, especially the central and southern parts, is that they typically have no window toward alleys and public places. That is to not only preserve the house away from the dust sand storms but also keep the house away from all the noise and sounds from out.
Shirsar is a kind of wooden canopy with delicate and beautiful decorations that has been used parallel to the roofs of houses and for applications such as preventing annoying sunlight and somehow creating shade, shelter in the yard for rain and snow and in order to The protection of the building facade (Orosi, windows, etc.) against rain and snow.
Iranians used to sit on the floor. That is why you can see beautiful carpets in traditional houses. In winters, they gathered together around a Korsi (a low table with a heater underneath). During summer they sat on carpets and they even slept on the carpet. But after a while, the sofa and beds were added to the designs; yet carpet was never removed from the people’s culture.
the Saku is a type of a platform on two sides of the entrance door to the house and was for the guests who did not want to enter the house and wanted to talk for a while with the host.
On the traditional house’s entrance door, they were typically two types of door knocker called Kubeh. These two Kubehs had different shapes and sounds. The right one is a ring shape that made a light sound. While the Kubeh on the left side is a thick bar making a deeper sound. You might be wondering what were these two lockers for! They were built this way for the host to be able to recognize the gender of the guest. Men knocked on the metal bar knocker, while women knocked on the ring Koubeh. That goes back to Islamic principles and the host would know to put on Hijab if the guest was male.
Yards typically have a pond with flowers and trees decorated in a harmony with each other. These features make it quite like a small garden where children could play for hours and the family have snacks, brunch, or delicious Persian drinks. The smooth breeze, the sound of flowing water, and the birds singing make it an enjoyable and memorable scene not to miss. The pond was the place where Iranians washed the fruits and their hands and face. It was not for swimming. It was for decoration and use of water and also, the water in the pond was like a mirror.
Painting on the wood of roof, which is called Marjovak is for Shirazi artists. And it was done by hands.
Despite so many unique traditional houses that have been destroyed, some of them are fortunately turned into museums, stay homes, ecolodges, traditional hotels, tea houses, cafes, or restaurants.
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