Climate adaptability construction features of a traditional thatched cottage from the Korean-Chinese in the Yanbian area

Traditional Korean-Chinese in the Yanbian area thatched cottages are well known to provide comfortable indoor environments using traditional heating methods, such as the Ondol, a stone slab that is used to maintain a comfortable heating level indoors. To determine the construction features for traditional Korean-Chinese thatched cottages, temperature, relative humidity, and black globe temperature were measured both indoors and outdoors to determine the heating capacity of various rooms in the building in September. Overall, the indoor temperature and relative humidity are relatively stable even when the outdoor temperatures and humidity fluctuated greatly throughout the day. The test results verified the superiority of the heating capacity of a traditional Korean-Chinese cottage.