Njengelifa lenkcubeko yesizwe engabonakaliyo, i-Dongtai iinwele ezihonjisiweyo zilandelela iingcambu zayo kwi-Southern Song Dynasty, ephethe ilifa le-800 leminyaka. Eyenziwe ngeenwele ezinemibala yendalo yabasetyhini abancinci, ivela njengobuncwane bobugcisa obufakwe ngokukodwa "ngeempawu zobomi."

Isebenzisa iinwele njengemisonto kunye neenaliti njengeebhrashi, iqhayisa ngeendlela ezingaphezu kwama-30 zokuthunga eziguquguqukayo-ezifana ne "embroidery ye-inki" kunye "ne-tonal embroidery" - edityaniswe nokuqina okungapheliyo kweenwele: ukumelana nokubola kunye nokubuna. Imisebenzi yayo idibanisa ubuhle be-rustic kunye nobabalo olukhulu, iveza ubuhle baseMpuma "bobuncinci, ukukhanya, ukuguquguquka, ubunzulu, kunye nobuqili" ngokuchaneka kokucoceka, ukucolwa kunye nokuxinene kwemithungo.

Idunyiswa "njengomsebenzi wobugcisa phantsi kwezulu" kwaye ibhalwe kuluhlu lwelifa lenkcubeko engabonakaliyo, lo msebenzi we-Dongtai weluka ilifa lenkcubeko kwi-exquisite art ngobuchule obucokisekileyo, ukugcina umoya wobugcisa uphila kuyo yonke imisonto yeenwele-ubuncwane benkcubeko obunjwe ngeminwe.