The work aims to analyze the design characteristics of rational factors and emotional factors of hand stoves in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and explore the design ideas for combination of emotion and reason. The material objects, images and documents about hand stoves are collected to analyze their shape and material from the perspective of design, and analyze their size and structure from the perspective of mechanics and ergonomics, and explain the scientificity and practicability of the rational design of hand stoves. From the perspective of design aesthetics and design culture, this paper studies the formal composition and connotation representation of their patterns, and analyzes the aesthetic and humanistic nature of the emotional design of stoves. The hand stove is a living utensil with unique characteristics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The design of hand stoves mainly embodies the aspects of "reason" in the appropriate size, reasonable material selection, and suitable shape, and "emotion" in the beautiful patterns, one thing for multiple purposes, and the conveying of feelings. These design elements of "reason" and "emotion" are indispensable in the design of hand stoves. Studying the relationship between emotion and reason will help us to extract design methods suitable for modern concepts, and realize the harmony between emotion and reason with the beauty of skills.