The antiquated Khmer houses, to the undeveloped eye, are like those tracked down in contemporary Cambodia. Customarily they are adjusted to confront the East for thriving and as a characteristic of regard for the sun. They were likewise raised around more than two meters over the ground, upheld on braces. The admittance to the house is ordinarily by means of a wooden stepping stool. The material was made of comparative materials: covered leaves or straw. The obscure space under is utilized for stockpiling and for individuals to unwind at late morning.

It is just upon closer assessment that it is uncovered that there are really five particular types of lodging, which have existed since Angkorian times. These five are known as: Khmer houses, Roong houses (today called Kantaing houses), Roong Daul houses, Roong Duong houses and Bet houses. A completely different way of lodging is utilized to oblige the priests; these are alluded to as Keng houses.

Architectural Styles

The Khmer House

The Khmer house style starts with the erection of four lines of points of support and crossbeams. Essential to the design is the ruler post, used to construct the rooftop, there is a high and steeply slanted rooftop and a major lower peak. The high rooftop was intended to add to the magnificence of the house: looking like the top of a sanctuary from a good ways. There are two stories, the lower floor for gatherings and the upper floor for living. They typically construct this sort of house little and short, roughly four by six meters.

1. The Roong House or kantaing House

The Roong house, or Kantaing house, is worked without front or back patio, certain individuals assemble them long, ten by six meters, with three primary segments supporting ridgepoles Notwithstanding, certain individuals construct diminutive ones, six by four meters, with two focus sections.

A Kantaing house was worked with short and a tenderly slanting rooftop to make the structure simpler. When the new century rolled over it was generally lodging utilized by Chinese and Vietnamese, in any case, it turned out to be progressively more well known among Cambodians. In the event that they cut at a slant at the front and the rear of the fundamental rooftop cutting it into the state of a creature's mouth then it is known as a "Baknok Kantaing house". Normally this kind of staying is around ten by six meters.

2. Roong Daul House

Roong Daul houses are incorporated it into a long shape with shoulders for conveying the heaviness of the house: joining the rooftop rafters. There is a little peak at the convergence of yards and there are both front and back patios. Certain individuals fabricate this one with three focus support points, and that implies they accompany four compartments and assuming there are four focus support points there are five compartments.

3. Roong Duong House

Roong Duong lodging, they work with an enormous rooftop and there are both the end piece of the rooftop at the front and the back

There are three styles of Roong Duong house: the first gets its name from the change to oblige an enormous foot fueled rice mortar called a Kduoung mortar. The shade at the rear of these houses gives such a spot. The second style of Roong Duong house was produced for capacity and an extra line of support points was remembered for the first plan. Thus, this sort of Roong Duong house has three lines of points of support with five compartments. The third sort of Roong House was particularly for high positioning or well off subjects. This was a further expansion and made a significantly longer and bigger dwelling. This was accomplished by four lines of points of support, which framed five compartments.

4. Bet House

Bet houses, were worked without shoulders to join the principal rafters of the yard and the rooftop, the two feet of the rafters of the patio and the rooftop are joined at the highest point of the fundamental crossbeam of the rooftop close to the highest point of the middle points of support.

Building ceremony

To start they should fill in the land where they intend to assemble the house. In the wake of smoothing the encompassing region, they will erect a distribution center design to guarantee they have every one of the reasonable materials to fabricate the genuine house. Similarly as with all events a propitious date should be picked by visionary perceptions. Most old Cambodians would construct houses among January and Walk. There are sure days that they can begin fabricating, these are: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.


In the past they didn't begin on Sunday and Monday due to the expression of custom says: " Sunday and Monday are the times of wedding wood", in the event that they demand expanding on nowadays, they must be exceptionally cautious in the event that it tumbles down. In spite of the fact that Tuesday is viewed as a big chance to shine, assuming a structure were to be started on this day it could never be done. In this way Tuesdays were additionally tried not to as begin days. Prior to beginning to construct, they for the most part put a couple of Sator (a contribution produced using coconut, candles and incense) and they light the candles and incense sticks to implore the god called "Prah Phoum" (the lord of the town). They request that consent fabricate and show the soul where the house will be constructed. From that point forward, they place wooden sticks to be markers called "Khneng Phoum". At the point when they dig the opening for the support points they are exceptionally cautious with trash falling into them. That's what they trusted assuming the junk falls in the opening the house, when finished, would get a huge number of visitors. On the genuine day of building they take a piece of red material to tie at the highest point of focus points of support. They likewise plan dark sugarcane, which actually has both white root and leaves on it. This is the tied higher than the middle shaft. From that point onward, they set up a function called "Concise Sen", in the service there is a bubbling of pig head, a couple of chicken, two cups of tea or some wine, four natural products, one riel of cash, a white piece of material for a shirt, a bowl of fragrance and a bag of development product. The ministry presents petitions and splashes the water to the highest point of those middle support points, and next the head of the project worker goes to the Prah Pisnoukar while the pastorate hit multiple times of Khmous (a sort of metal used to be hit when there is a function or wedding) all workers for hire assemble to pull up the middle points of support rapidly. Albeit these days the custom and imagery might be loosing its job, the final product is as yet a useful and ever commonsense answer for lodging. It is thus: of being both useful and reasonable that the Khmer house has persevered as the centuries progressed and will most likely keep on doing as such. It would be not entirely obvious the social and social history engaged with the antiquated Khmer houses.

Elements to be stayed away from in development of a house

- A levee in a rice field goes directly to the front of the house

- A Tamarind tree becomes on the gone out and a well on the West

- A wide range of roots developing into the ground house since it will make the house proprietors be frightened

- Building accompanying cook house (need to assemble lined up with profound of fundamental house)

- The principal rooftop running lined up with the street

- The highest point of the support points is greater than the foot of the points of support

- Working before sanctuary since it stays before Divine beings eyes it would cause troubles when he opens his eyes toward the beginning of the day.

The picking of points of support

Khmers, with their unequivocally evolved notions, are careful about the sort of support points utilized in the development of a house. Accordingly, the worker for hire necessities to painstakingly choose support points and woods. On the off chance that any wood has the images that they can't utilize them to fabricate the house they need to supplant them. The images are as per the following:

- Paim Sambak Wood: the wood has bark inside. This is on the grounds that when the tree was youthful it was cleaved. At the point when the tree developed the wood covered that spot and lead to having the bark within. The old Khmers didn't permit it's utilization; it would make peril individuals who live in such a house.

- Konlong Wood: the wood that has a terrible inward heart. They can see through a great deal of three place of enunciations around the tree. Antiquated elderly folks didn't permit utilizing as focus support point since it will cause constant sickness.

- The tree that has the entire inside, however assuming it has the entire from the foot to the top utilizing it is permitted. Such a tree is called " Banghot Tnaol."

- The wood that has been utilized as a scratching post by pigs is viewed as misfortune.

- The wood that has the image of chicken foot at the foot of tree is additionally improper.

- The support points should not to have sub joint of enunciation under the crossbars, bolts and bars.

- The workers for hire can't cut at the center of the support points to put crossbars, bars and bolts.