The invention provides a flat-head Chinese zither for children, and belongs to the technical field of Chinese zithers. The flat-head Chinese zither comprises an inner framework, an outer side plate, asound board, a bottom board, a zither head board, a zither
tail board, strings and a
saddle, wherein the sound board is arranged on the top of the inner framework, the bottom board is arranged on thebottom of the inner framework, the inner framework is of a frame-shaped structure defined by two inner side plates and two end plates, the upper end faces of the two end plates are arc-shaped, a string
nail plate I for hanging the strings is arranged on an end plate I, close to the zither
tail, in the frame-shaped structure, a string
nail plate II for adjusting the tightness of the strings is arranged on an end plate II close to the zither head, a sound beam is arranged in the middle of the part between the string
nail plate I and the string nail plate II in the frame-shaped structure, thetop of the sound beam is arc-shaped, the heights of two sides of the sound beam are the same as the height of the inner side plates of the inner framework, two sides of the string nail plate I, the string nail plate II and the sound beam are in match connection with the inner side plates of the inner framework, two sides of the arc-shaped edge of the sound beam are symmetric slopes, and two soundholes are formed in the sound beam. The flat-head Chinese zither is graceful in
timbre and high in tone quality, the playing effect the same as that of the Chinese zither for adults is achieved, the size is small, so that the playing of the children is convenient, and meanwhile, the carrying and storage are easy.