What is a Pipa?

You probably know the movement “play the pipa”. Some call it “strum the lute” or “play guitar”. And I asked myself, what does this music instrument actually look like? What is a pipa? Well, here it is (you could actually buy a Pipa on Amazon*):

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The instrument is being held in front of the body, one hand up, one hand down. Just as it is done in the Taijiquan move!

I also found a nice video, so you know how the pipa sounds. And within the first minute you can see, that the upper hand can reach quite far up!

So now I recommend you just get up and “play the Pipa”! Or maybe you want to get the actual instrument, it is even available on Amazon*!

Or if you would like to know more about Tai Chi moves, I recommend my article about the meaning of “grasp a bird’s tail”!

Happy Qi!

Angelika

Merken

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