Nanping Pipa as the important component of national level intangible cultural heritage directory represents strong national feature in Northwestern Sichuan plateau. With long history, Nanping Pipa was well received by local people in Northwestern Nanping after introduced from Northwestern area. This article has discussed the origin and expression based on the development history of Nanping Pipa playing and singing, and then introduced some elements of Nanping Pipa playing and singing, and at last given an outlook of the development prospect and protection of the art in nowadays society.