| In Chinese traditional culture, myths of legend is an important vehicle which hasfully expressed the rich internal thoughts and emotion of ancestors. Chinese, as afarming nation with long history, the simple and unadorned mind of them broughtsense of pride to us. Among the myths of legend, the “Five Blessings†play a vitalrole in Chinese people’s mind. Five Blessings include god of blessing, god of status,god of longevity, god of happy and god of wealth. The gods usually can be seen inour daily life are god of blessing, god of status, god of longevity. They have beenwidely used in various folk arts of Chinese nation. In this article, we take the god oflongevity as entry point of Chinese traditional utensils, combined with people’sworship of longevity god and performed in the shape of utensils; draw the conclusionthat longevity god has high position in people’s mind, and afford people’s vision oflife, which are healthy, longevity, full of happiness.This article has systematically analyzed the origin and background of longevity,concluded the reasons why people worship longevity and then explored that under thisatmosphere, how people reflect their thought in the traditional design; likeone-dimensional New Year pictures and paper-cut, three-dimensional constructionand sculpture; and through continuous change of longevity god thus find the impact ofmodel, decoration and craft of utensils. At the same time, analysis how ordinaryworkman flexibly changed when they faced the different intension in different era.Finally, considered about with the increase of life level, people are more attention tothe rules of physical and mental health so that they can fulfil their spiritual andcultural life, and achieve prolong life successfully. |