The invention discloses an improved-type Bowed zither, and belongs to the technical field of musical instruments. The Bowed zither comprises a zither box, the zither box comprises a zither top, a zither bottom and a zither clapper, the zither top arcs upwards to present an arc shape, a zither head is arranged at the left end of the zither box, a zither tail is arranged at the right end of the zither box, two rows of yue mountains are arranged at the top surface of the zither head, one row of yue mountain is arranged at the zither tail, an abatjour is arranged at the left side surface of the zither head, nine chord holes are formed between the two rows of yue mountains on the zither head, nine chord shafts are arranged at the right side of the yue mountain on the zither tail, zither chords are arranged between the chord holes and chord shafts, and the zither clapper comprises long zither clappers at the front side and the rear side, and short zither clappers at the left side and the right side. In the improved-type Bowed zither, the shortcomings of early Bowed zithers are overcome, and a string instrument which is beautiful in tone, large in sound volume, convenient to tune and stable in intonation, and can be combined with instruments like zhuihu(a kind of bowed instrument), guzheng, Chinese lute, big string, bangzi and the like. The single playing method of string drawing is expanded to playing, and stirring, the improved-type Bowed zither can be held in hand and placed in front of the chest, and can be embraced in the arms or placed on the tabletop to be played.