Folk instrument of Dong ethnic group: handmade pipa

Hu Lingjie (1st L), a 55-year-old folk instrument maker of Dong ethnic group, plays the pipa, 4-stringed Chinese lute, during a performance at Guangnan Village of Longsheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2017. Hu has worked on the making of pipa for over 30 years. The handmade pipa is a folk instrument of Dong ethnic group people. (Xinhua/Huang Yongdan)