The origin of "yakigang" (burning a kang)

1. The origin of kang-burning

The origin of kang-burning is the same as the origin of kang, and kang-burning began when kang became available. It originated around the Western Han Dynasty in China.

2. The kang is the "warm bed" of the northern people. Although there are no kangs but only beds in most of the buildings in northern cities, the beds appeared much earlier than the kangs. The kang was invented by our Han Chinese, and an archaeological discovery of a kang from the Western Han Dynasty advanced the history of the kang to more than 2,000 years ago.

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Composition and use of kang:

The kang is a kind of fire bed that is about one inch wide. >The kang (火炕) is a masonry construction facility that is about one meter seven to two meters three or so wide, and its length can vary with the length of the living room. The kang is called pan kang in the north, which is built with bricks with a wall between the kang, a flue in the wall between the kang, and covered with relatively flat stone slabs, which are covered with mud to feel flat, and then can be used by laying a kang mat on top of the mud after it dries.

The kang has a stove and a smoke outlet. The stove is used to burn firewood, and the smoke and heat from the firewood passes through the wall between the kangs and heats up the stone slabs on top of it, generating heat for the kang. The smoke is finally discharged outside through the chimney from the smoke outlet of the kang.

In northern China, the kang's stove is usually connected to the stove, so that the firewood used for cooking can be used to heat the kang, thus eliminating the need to burn a separate kang. The location of the kang next to the stove is called "kangtou"; the location next to the smoke outlet is called "kangsiao". Generally, the "kangtou" is reserved for the highest-ranking master or honored guests, while the men and young people sleep in the "kangsiao".

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