BIPA: Korean musical instrument
https://worldhitz4u.blogspot.com/2014/10/bipa-korean-musical-instrument.html
The bipa is a pear-shape lute instrument. The bipa is a
traditional Korean musical instrument that is related to the Chinese musical
instrument called pipa, the Vietnamese musical instrument called đàn tỳ bà and the
Japanese musical instrument known as biwa. Efforts to revive the musical
instrument have failed because of the fact that there are no existing skilled
players of the musical instrument.
In the past, there were two versions of the musical
instrument, which are; the hyang-bipa
and the dang-bipa. The hyang-bipa was the fabricated in Korea while
dang-bipa was imported in the country during the Tang Dynasty.