The production process of the five-stringed pipa is: headstock, head flower, main rod, piano frame, piano shaft, front and rear panels of the piano body, frets, and armrests.

Then a 25-fret fret is installed on the piano body, and interconnected beams and sound posts are arranged between the front panel and the rear panel of the piano body, wherein one end of the sound post is in conflict with the rear panel, The other end of the sound post is in conflict with the beam, and five piano shafts are set between the piano phase and the headstock in the order of left three and right two. The first, second, third, fourth and fifth strings correspond to the strings of the five piano axes, wherein the fifth string is set as the bass string.

The five-stringed pipa was only popular in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, few people used the five-stringed pipa to play it. Gradually, the five-stringed pipa was replaced by the four-stringed pipa.

In the 1930s, the Shanghai Folk Music Group Datong Concert once made a five-string pipa with three strings on the right side of the headstock and two on the left side. Due to the war and other reasons, this five-stringed pipa has been lost.

There are two five-stringed pipas in the Chinese Musical Instrument Museum in my country.

One of them is an imitation of a five-stringed pipa made of snails and five-stringed pipa made in the Tang Dynasty in the Japanese Shoso-in. It is made of firewood, with a total length of 112 cm and a face width of 27 cm. alternative. The only difference is that there are two symmetrical meniscus sound holes on both sides of the strings on the upper part of the panel. This qin was originally a collection of Cheng Yanqiu, a famous Peking Opera artist in my country. In 1958, Mr. Cheng donated it to the country.

The other five-stringed pipa is more unique. It is made of rosewood, with a total length of 109.5 cm. The resonance box is in the shape of a semi-long pear, covered with a paulownia wood panel, with a face width of 22.8 cm. The front of the groove is open, and the two sides of the mahogany qin are placed on the left, three on the right, and two on the right. The surface of the qin body is engraved with twist-shaped patterns, and the end of the qin is inlaid with bone flowers. With five strings. This qin was originally collected by Mei Lanfang, a famous Peking Opera artist in my country. In 1958, Mr. Mei Lanfang donated all 240 ancient and modern national musical instruments in his collection to the country for free, including this five-stringed pipa.