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A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night..
Why is it built this way? Oh, it's a kang. It's heated from underneath, like an oven. Kang? What is a kang for? A community bed. You'll find them in every inn in north China. We've got lots of rooms, but when winter comes, this is the bed everybody'll be in. You mean togther? Thirty, forty, fifty at a time. All fully-clothed and ignoring each other. It gets cold here you'll find out.
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Kang means A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night..
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Why is it built this way? Oh, it's a kang. It's heated from underneath, like an oven. Kang? What is a kang for? A community bed. You'll find them in every inn in north China. We've got lots of rooms, but when winter comes, this is the bed everybody'll be in. You mean togther? Thirty, forty, fifty at a time. All fully-clothed and ignoring each other. It gets cold here you'll find out.
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