Longevity (Old Man & Woman Box Set) / handcraft

**Longevity** The word "longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography. In Chinese that meant The Old Man of the South Pole (南極仙翁) is the Taoist deification of Canopus, the brightest star of the constellation Carina. It is the symbol of happiness and longevity in Far Eastern culture. In the Chinese pictures as an old man with a long white beard, with a deer by his side. This style of picture is related to the story of an emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty who had invited such an old man from the street and later considered the old man as the sign of his longevity. Nowadays, not only have Old Man, we have Old Woman also.