From the northern and southern dynasties, undergo tang、song、jin and yuan dynasty, to the Ming and qing dynasties, heated kang is widely used in residential house lay and heating facilities in Beijing and Hebei areas folk house. In this paper, by collating relevant historical facts to follow Beijing and Hebei area is the historical origins of the necessary historical explanation.

From the northern and southern dynasties, undergo tang、song、 jin and yuan dynasty, to the Ming and qing dynasties, heated kang is widely used in residential house lay and heating facilities in Beijing and Hebei areas folk house. In this paper, by collating relevant historical facts to follow Beijing and Hebei area is the historical origins of the necessary historical explanation.

Heated Kangas one of the most important elements of the northeast mral residence, formed a unique 11 mode ofheated brick bed 11 and 11 culture ofheated brick bed 11 in the long history of more than two thousand years. Kang bed-stove has many functions, for example, heating residential, communication, emotion and so on. Not only it is the carrier of the northeast family's material culture, also it plays a major role to spatial organization and building ofthe mral housing. Kang bed-stove is a way of the repeated skillful use of energy. The traditional heated brick bed built with mud and brick. It connects heat able adobe sleeping platform in its outside and links chimney in its inside. The quantity of heat of Kang bed-stove comes from the waste heat of cooking .In recent years, the new mral constmction of northeast is in the stage of development of high-speed. With the progress of technology and the renewal ofthe concept, based on the traditional heated brick bed, people have made some beneficial attempts to change and have introduced some new heated brick bed: Suspended Kang, energy saving kang and so on. All new heated brick beds both retain the traditional heated brick bed's functions, and conform to the requirements of sustainable development planning. new heated brick beds are the combination oftraditional culture and the new technology. This paper ba<;es on rural housing of northeast area as the research object, discusses the connotation, forms and types, heating means of traditional heated brick bed and the evolution of new type of Heated Kang.

Heated Kang as one of the most important elements of the northeast rural residence, formed a unique " mode of heated brick bed " and " culture of heated brick bed " in the long history of more than two thousand years. Kang bed-stove has many functions, for example, heating residential, communication, emotion and so on. Not only it is the carrier of the northeast family’s material culture, also it plays a major role to spatial organization and building of the rural housing. Kang bed-stove is a way of the repeated skillful use of energy. The traditional heated brick bed built with mud and brick. It connects heat able adobe sleeping platform in its outside and links chimney in its inside. The quantity of heat of Kang bed-stove comes from the waste heat of cooking .In recent years, the new rural construction of northeast is in the stage of development of high-speed. With the progress of technology and the renewal of the concept, based on the traditional heated brick bed, people have made some beneficial attempts to change and have introduced some new heated brick bed: Suspended Kang, energy saving kang and so on. All new heated brick beds both retain the traditional heated brick bed’s functions, and conform to the requirements of sustainable development planning. new heated brick beds are the combination of traditional culture and the new technology. This paper bases on rural housing of northeast area as the research object, discusses the connotation、forms and types、 heating means of traditional heated brick bed and the evolution of new type of Heated Kang.

This paper gives a definition of the heating facility-Heated Kang and its primary form in northeast Asia using the method of typology. It also analyzes the origin and development of Heated Kang based on archaeological traces and literature materials, and traces back the word "Kang" from the viewpoint of linguistics, in order to make clear the origin time, place and development of Heated Kang.

This paper gives a definition of the heating facility—Heated Kang and its primary form in northeast Asia using the method of typology. It also analyzes the origin and development of Heated Kang based on archaeological traces and literature materials, and traces back the word “Kang” from the viewpoint of linguistics, in order to make clear the origin time, place and development of Heated Kang.