Abstract: With the continuous promotion of China's 'double carbon' goal and reduction of building energy consumption, the research on the climate responsive characteristics of traditional residential buildings has received wide attention. The study uses Chinese scholars' literature on the climate responsive characteristics of traditional residential buildings in relation to wind and thermal environment on CNKI as the search source, and CiteSpace software as a preliminary research source to identify research hotspots and trends. By studying the literature, the research topics and research methods are reviewed. The study shows that: the hotness of related research continues to grow, and the mechanisms of traditional dwellings climate responsive characteristics, wind and thermal environment evaluation, optimal design strategies for climate responsive characteristics and modern application of climate responsive experience are the main research themes. Climate responsive characteristics research from a spatial perspective becomes a hot topic. Parametric research methods start to be applied to related research. In the future, we can strengthen the assessment and prediction of energy consumption and carbon emission, the quantitative research on the effect of human behavior on traditional dwellings climate responsive characteristics, the research on the dynamic law of climate responsive characteristics, the integration research of multiple samples and parameters and combining culture and physical environment research. This study is intended to provide the necessary basis and inspiration for subsequent research on the climate responsive characteristics of traditional dwellings in China.