Senhaka yenyika isingabatike yetsika, Dongtai vhudzi rakarukwa rinotsvaga midzi yaro kuMaodzanyemba Song Dynasty, richitakura nhaka yemakore mazana masere. Yakagadzirwa nemvere dzemavara echisikigo evakadzi vechidiki, inobuda sepfuma yehunyanzvi yakasarudzika ne "zviratidzo zvehupenyu."

Ichishandisa vhudzi seshinda netsono semabhurashi, inozvirumbidza pamusoro pemakumi matatu anochinjika nzira dzekusona — dzakaita se "ink embroidery" uye "tonal embroidery" - dzakabatanidzwa nekusimba kusingagumi kwebvudzi: kutsungirira kuora uye kupera. Mabasa ayo anosanganisa rustic elegance nenyasha dzakasimba, ichiratidza runako rwekuMabvazuva rwe "kuonda, kureruka, kupenya, kudzika, uye kupusa" kuburikidza nekurongeka kweakashambidzika, akatsetseka, uye akakora.

Chichirumbidzwa se "inyanzvi pasi pedenga" uye chakanyorwa parunyorwa rwenhaka yerudzi rusingabatike, inyanzvi yeDongtai inoruka nhaka yetsika kuita hunyanzvi hwakanakisa nehungwaru hwehunyanzvi, ichichengeta mweya wehunyanzvi uri mupenyu mumhando dzese dzebvudzi - pfuma yetsika inoumbwa neminwe.