A matsayin gadon al'adun da ba za a iya amfani da shi ba, gashin Dongtai ya samo asali ne daga daular Song ta Kudu, wanda ke da tarihin shekaru 800. An ƙera shi da gashi mai launin halitta na 'yan mata, yana fitowa a matsayin taska na fasaha na musamman wanda ke cike da "alamomi na rayuwa."

Yin amfani da gashi azaman zaren da allura azaman goge, yana alfahari sama da dabaru 30 masu sassauƙa masu sassauƙa—kamar “ink embroidery” da “tonal embroidery”—haɗe tare da dorewar gashi: mai jurewa ruɓewa da faɗuwa. Ayyukanta suna haɗe ƙaya mai ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan alheri, suna buɗe kyawawan ƙaya na Gabas na "kauri, haske, fahimta, zurfi, da dabara" ta hanyar daidaitaccen tsafta, mai kyau, da ɗigon dinki.

An ɗauke shi a matsayin "fitaccen zane a ƙarƙashin sama" kuma an rubuta shi cikin jerin abubuwan al'adun gargajiya na ƙasa, wannan sana'a ta Dongtai tana saƙa al'adun gargajiya cikin zane-zane mai ban sha'awa tare da fasaha mai zurfi, yana kiyaye ruhin sana'a a cikin kowane nau'in gashi - taska na al'adu wanda aka tsara ta yatsa.