The Huilong Kang in rural areas is the fire Kang.

The heated kang is mostly used in Northeast China. Because regions such as Northeast China are vast and sparsely populated, collective heating systems are imperfect and are not available in some rural areas. However, ordinary people have their own way of heating, which is to burn Kangs. There is a famous saying in the north: "Thirty acres of land and one cow, wife and children are hot on the kang." It can be seen that the popularity of kang in the north, especially in the northeastern region, and the people's love for sleeping on kang.

The form of the heated kang should be determined based on the room’s heat requirements, layout, and residents’ living habits.

When the room area is small, the heat consumption is low, and the fire interval is short, the overhead kang with good heat dissipation performance should be selected; when the room area is large, the heat consumption is high, and the fire interval is long, the fire wall type should be selected Fire kang, floor kang or floor-standing kang with strong heat storage capacity, supplemented by other heating methods with good instant heat properties.

Extended information:

Due to different geographical locations, southerners like to sleep on beds, while northerners like to sleep on kangs. As the cold approaches in the north, the climate in the south is as cool as the autumn in the north. In order to keep out the cold, according to historical records, northerners invented the fire kang. The earliest invention of the heated kang was in the extremely cold Northeastern region of my country.

There are also rules for sleeping on the heated kang. Only the elderly are allowed to sleep on the head of the kang, and children can only sleep on the tip. Because the temperature of the kang head is high and burns the body, children are prone to getting angry and nosebleeds while sleeping. The elderly have been working on crops all their lives and are prone to diseases such as cold limbs and cold stomach, arthritis, and cold legs. Sleeping on a kang will make your blood vessels smooth and your body comfortable.

People's Daily Online - Fire Kang in Hometown

Baidu Encyclopedia - Fire Kang