With villagers’ increasing demand for living environment and the lacking of energy in rural area, the energy-saving design for rural houses has become an important par t of new r ural const r uction. Under the background of imbalanced urban-r ural development and rural economy-technology backward, the passive technologies are easily accepted by villagers with the characteristic of low cost and low technology. This paper, based on the engineering practice of rural house design in severe cold regions, analyzes the application and implementation effect of passive energy-saving technology, passive solar energy utilization technology and passive ventilation technology on the rural houses. It aims to provide guidances for the rural house’s passive energy-saving design, and thus promote the sustainable development of new rural construction in severe cold regions.