The structure of the pipa in the Dong nationality is the same as that of the big pipa in the Dong nationality, but the qin has a wide variety of appearances.

The body of the piano is made of a whole piece of camphor, mulberry, fir or hard miscellaneous wood, which is mostly made of wood called "Xiangxiu Xue" in the local area.

sound box
It is rectangular, inverted trapezoidal or inverted peach shape, covered with paulownia or fir top, and there are two more circular sound holes on both sides of the middle of the board. 4 cm to 6 cm.

peg
The headstock is flat and wide, the upper part is larger, in the shape of a flat shovel, 11 cm to 15 cm long, the top is upward or backward, there is a rectangular string groove in the middle, and there are three or four wooden pegs on both sides. Rarely have five axes.

piano bar
Narrow and long, with a fretboard on the front, no frets. But the nail has a low metal mark or is tethered with a thin wire on the handle. In the later reformed Chinese pipa, the piano bar is equipped with grades.

piano, strings
A bamboo or wooden bridge-shaped bridge is placed in the middle and lower part of the panel, and bamboo, wood or metal strings are arranged below, and there are three to five nylon strings, silk strings or steel strings.