When playing the big pipa of the Dong nationality, most of them are in a sitting position, with the piano box placed on the right leg, and the head of the piano tilted to the upper left. The left hand supports the piano rod and presses the strings to pick up the sound, and the right hand holds the pick to pluck the strings to sound. Picks are made of old bamboo, horn or bone. The ...

The big pipa of the Dong nationality is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Dong nationality. The Dong language pipa is called Yi, Hei, and Biba. The big pipa is called Bibalao in Dong language. It is popular in Rongjiang, Congjiang, Liping, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province, Sanjiang, Rongshui in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Datong Dong Autono...