The structure is the same as the big pipa of the Dong nationality, but the appearance of the qin is various.

The body of the violin is made of a whole piece of camphor, mulberry, fir or hard miscellaneous wood. The local wood is mostly made of "Xiangxiuxue". The specifications and sizes are different, and the total length is 50 cm to 60 cm.

sound box
Oval, peach, oval, octagonal, trapezoidal or rectangular, most of which are rectangular. In addition, there are also small lutes similar in shape to corbels. The cavity branch has a wooden sound post, and a small circular sound hole is opened in the middle of the board surface.

peg
The headstock is flat and wide, in the shape of a flat shovel, the upper part is larger, the top is slightly tilted back, there is a rectangular bottom string groove in the middle, and there are three or four wooden pegs on both sides.

Strings, strings
Narrow and long, there is no grade on the fingerboard, only a thin line marking the handle. The reformed small pipa of the Dong nationality has frets on its stem. Bamboo or wooden bridge-shaped bridges are placed in the middle and lower parts of the panel, and bamboo, wood or metal strings are placed below.

strings
Zhang has three or four nylon, silk or steel strings.