Ma ke ʻano he hoʻoilina moʻomeheu ʻike ʻole ʻia, ʻo Dongtai hair embroidery i ʻike i kona aʻa i ka Southern Song Dynasty, e lawe ana i kahi hoʻoilina 800 makahiki. Hana ʻia me ka lauoho ʻulaʻula maoli o nā wahine ʻōpio, ua puka mai ia ma ke ʻano he waiwai noʻeau i hoʻopili ʻia me nā "hōʻailona o ke ola."

Ke hoʻohana nei i ka lauoho e like me ke kaula a me nā nila e like me nā pulupulu, ua kaena ʻo ia ma luna o 30 mau ʻenehana humuhumu maʻalahi-e like me ka "ink embroidery" a me "tonal embroidery" - i hui pū ʻia me ka lōʻihi mau o ka lauoho: kūpaʻa i ka pala a me ka mae. Hoʻohui ʻia kāna mau hana i ka nani rustic me ka lokomaikaʻi ikaika, e wehe ana i ka nani o ka Hikina o ka "thinness, lightness, translucency, depth, and subtlety" ma o ka pololei o nā humuhumu maʻemaʻe, maikaʻi, a me ka mānoanoa.

Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ʻo ia he "mea hana ma lalo o ka lani" a kākau ʻia ma ka papa inoa hoʻoilina moʻomeheu intangible ʻāina, ua ulana kēia hana Dongtai i ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu i loko o nā kiʻi nani me ke akamai meticulous, e mālama mau ana i ka ʻuhane o ka hana hana i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana o ka lauoho-he waiwai moʻomeheu i hana ʻia e nā manamana lima.