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Naxi Pipa history

The Naxi Pipa is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Naxi people. Popular in Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province. The appearance is similar to the pipa in the Han area, but the volume is larger and the speaker is relatively flat and thin, retaining the ancient shape. Legend has it that during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1403-1424 AD), the Buddhist an...
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