Cousin · Northern China

kang

A heated brick bed-platform warmed by smoke flues from the cooking stove.

Across northern China, traditional houses channel hot exhaust from the kitchen fire through winding brick ducts beneath a raised platform called a kang, storing radiant warmth through winter nights.

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