Biwa used in the Qing Dynasty were different from those used until the Tang Dynasty and had a shape slightly similar to Japanese moso-biwa (blind priests' biwa), having the same number of stings but more frets as many as fourteen.
清代に使用された琵琶は唐代までのものとは異なり、日本の盲僧琵琶にやや近い形をしており、弦数は変わらないがフレットはずっと増えて14個を備えていた。