Chinese Garden Leaky Windows Flower Windows

Leaky windows, commonly known as leaking windows (that is, some partially empty wall windows) and flower windows, are windows with a leaky pattern in the window hole. They mainly function as ventilation and lighting, and are a kind of decoration on the Chinese garden wall. The leaky window is generally used for the closed small line of sight (viewing distance ratio 1:2.5-1:3), which can eliminate the occlusion feeling of small space and increase the spatial level, so that it can be seen in small and medium. There are many applications in Jiangnan home gardens, and there are fewer in the north.

The patterns of the leaky windows are extremely rich and varied, and there are hundreds of them in Suzhou gardens. There are two types of geometric shapes and natural shapes according to the composition, but they are often mixed. The geometric pattern is mainly composed of a square, a curved rule, a palindrome, a thousand characters, an ice pattern, etc., and is often made of tiles, thin bricks, wood bamboo, and the like. The form of the leaky window of the natural body pattern has a wide range of materials, and the subject matter is more than a slogan, and it is a wonderful symbol of auspicious or elegant animals and plants. In this form, iron sheets and iron wires are used as skeletons, and gray patterns are used to create beautiful patterns of characters, flowers, birds and landscapes.

According to the material of the leakage window, it can be mainly divided into brick and tile leakage window, brick leakage window, gray plastic leakage window, and combined leakage window. Tiles leaking windows and brick leaking windows appear in the garden.Brick and Chinese roof tile leaking windows are traditionally practiced. Generally, bricks are used as the frame, and the window cores are made of selected tiles, wood chips, bamboo ribs (or iron sheets, iron bars), etc., and the members are bonded with hemp paper reinforced mortar. Make it integrated, with a lintel on the top. The thin window of the brick is composed of brick thin members, and the joints are traditionally made of putty as a bonding material, and if necessary, it is possible to properly bond the members with bamboo tips, steel wires or the like.