As a national intangible cultural heritage, Dongtai hair embroidery traces its roots to the Southern Song Dynasty, carrying on an 800-year legacy. Crafted with the natural-colored hair of young women, it emerges as an artistic treasure uniquely imbued with "symbols of life."

Using hair as thread and needles as brushes, it boasts over 30 flexible stitching techniques—such as "ink embroidery" and "tonal embroidery"—paired with the timeless durability of hair: resistant to decay and fading. Its works blend rustic elegance with vigorous grace, unfolding the Eastern aesthetic of "thinness, lightness, translucency, depth, and subtlety" through the precision of neat, fine, and dense stitches.

Hailed as "a masterpiece under heaven" and inscribed on the national intangible cultural heritage list, this Dongtai craft weaves cultural heritage into exquisite art with meticulous skill, keeping the spirit of craftsmanship alive in every strand of hair—a cultural treasure shaped by fingertips.