1972-11-02 The Wang family of six has three rooms. They do not need that much furniture. The most important piece of furniture is there from the beginning: the wide bed called kangen. The family lives in three rooms. Two of them are called "caves". In the loose soil hills of northern China, there are many cave dwellings — excellent dwellings as long as they are properly made, warm in winter, and cool in summer. Wang's "caves" are not inside the mountain. Only one wall is mountain side.

1972-11-02 The Wang family of six has three rooms. They do not need that much furniture. The most important piece of furniture is there from the beginning: the wide bed called kangen. The family lives in three rooms. Two of them are called "caves". In the loose soil hills of northern China, there are many cave dwellings — excellent dwellings as long as they are properly made, warm in winter, and cool in summer. Wang's "caves" are not inside the mountain. Only one wall is mountain side. Stock Photo
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2 November 1972

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1972-11-02 The Wang family of six has three rooms. They do not need that much furniture. The most important piece of furniture is there from the beginning: the wide bed called kangen. The family lives in three rooms. Two of them are called "caves". In the loose soil hills of northern China, there are many cave dwellings — excellent dwellings as long as they are properly made, warm in winter, and cool in summer. Wang's "caves" are not inside the mountain. Only one wall is mountain side. But the rooms are built in traditional cave style with an oval ceiling, with thick compact walls of stone and clay. People here prefer such houses. Photo: Ake Malmstrom / DN / TT / Code: 37

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