With the rapid development of the rural economy and vigorous promotion of energy-saving technologies, it is found through a field investigation that the new rural housing in the northeast of China shows new changes on green, energy-efficiency, health, comfort and beauty. The new rural housing mainly applied the technologies of composite energy-saving wall, double or three layers of glass energy saving windows and the roof benzene board insulation, heated in winter by Kang with the fuel of straw, corn stalks and other bio energy, which brings prominent energy-saving effect and the improved indoor environment significantly. The only or main function of the Kang is no longer the heating facilities in winter, but to play its unique benefits of comfort and health for sleep as a bed. the highlights of cultural traditions and customs in Cold rural area, the changes of the Kang are smaller and more exquisite. In the future, northeast rural housing should integrate the technolgies of residential structures, materials and kang further to promote rural sustainable development of society, economy.

1. Field Research
 2. Early old residential Overview
 3. Results
 4. Conclusion
 5. Problems and Suggestions
  5.1 On the Kang.
  5.2 The Kang residence and the materials.
 Reference

• Sun Shijun(Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150006)
• Zhao Yun Duo(Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150006)