In the rural areas of Northeast China, basically every household has a kang, which can be used to sleep on when in other provinces. During the day, everyone will weave a small table on it and then have dinner together. The kang in the northeast is warm in winter and cool in summer. In winter, people have no heating, so they make a fire under the kang. It's not cold to sleep on it at night, and the whole room is warm. In summer, because the kang is made of mud, it will be very cool. However, it is estimated that only northerners can adapt to this custom of eating on the kang. If you are a southerner, you will definitely be at a loss.

Northeasters like eating on kang so much, on the one hand, because it is passed down from the past and everyone's habit, on the other hand, it is too cold in Northeast China. In winter in Northeast China, the temperature can reach MINUS 10 degrees, and sometimes the heavy snow can fall to half a meter deep. In the south, you may be able to keep out the wind by wearing a wool coat or a thicker down jacket, but in the northeast, this kind of clothes is useless.

At that time, there was no heating in the northeast. In winter, you can only sit on the kang to keep warm, because the kang below is on fire, which is very warm. Northeasters prefer to cook big dishes, because they are heavy and not easy to get cold. After the meal is done, the whole family will gather around the kang to eat together, and a small table will be set up on the kang. At this time, the rice is hot, and the kang below is also hot, which really feels warm.

The kang of northeast people is not only used for eating and sleeping, but also for entertaining guests at ordinary times. For example, some people usually stay on the kang at home, because it is warm, so they never come down. If you go to a northeast family, the other party invites you to the kang, which shows that the other party values you very much. But Bian Xiao, as a southerner, can't accept the custom of eating on the kang, because the table on the kang looks a little short and uncomfortable when eating, and the kang is hard, so it's inconvenient to sit on it. In case the soup breaks up, if you really go to the north, do as the Romans do.