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A large kang shared by the guests of a one-room inn in a then-wild area east of Tonghua, Jilin, as seen by Henry E.M. James in 1887. The kang (Chinese: 炕; pinyin: kàng; Manchu: nahan, Kazakh: кән) is a traditional heated platform, 2 metres or more long, used for general living, working, entertaining and sleeping in the northern part of China, where the winter climate is cold.
Kang, the star Kappa Virginis; Kang bed-stove; K'ang jo fu or the kang, a self-defense technique; KANG-LD, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US; KEUS-LD, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US, formerly KANG-CA; KANG-TV, a TV station in Waco, Texas, US; Android Open Kang Project, a smartphone operating system
A kang bed-stove is a Chinese ceramic room heater used as the platform for a bed. A Charpai is a traditional Punjabi bed made of tied ropes bordered by a wooden frame. A mourning bed ("illustration") is a formal canopied bed, with the deceased, a wax effigy, or symbols of rank.
from khāṭ, खाट, a bed. Chowkat from chokath, چوکھٹ / चौखट, a door frame. Cummerbund ultimately from Persian via Hindi-Urdu कमरबन्द / کمربند, kamarband, – from kamar 'waist, loins' and -bandi 'band'. [5] [6] Cushy from Hindi-Urdu ख़ुशी / خوشی, k͟hushī, 'pleasure', from Persian خوش ...
The dol bed, or stone bed, is a manufactured bed that has the same heating effect as ondol. The dol bed industry is estimated to be worth 100 billion South Korean won , comprising 30 to 40 percent of the entire bed industry in South Korea; dol beds are most popular with middle-aged people in their 40s and 50s.
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A classic Scandinavian style round ceramic stove, which fits in the corner of a room, from the porcelaine manufacturer Rörstrand in Stockholm, c. 1900. A masonry heater (also called a masonry stove) is a device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel (usually wood), and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature ...
Charpai (also, Charpaya, Charpoy, Khat, Khatla, Manja, or Manji) [1] is a traditional woven bed used across South Asia. The name charpai is a compound of char "four" and pay "footed". Regional variations are found in Afghanistan and Pakistan, North and Central India, Bihar and Myanmar. [2] The charpai is a simple design that is easy to construct.