Do you want to play the pipa?

When playing western instruments or traditional Chinese instruments, the definite article "the" is usually used before the instrument name, such as "playing the piano" or "playing the pipa". Therefore, the correct expression is "playing the pipa", which means that you are playing this special instrument. Under the cultural background of China, when we study or perform pipa skills, we emphasize not only the action itself, but also the respect and inheritance of this traditional national musical instrument with profound historical background.