As the root of Chinese nation and the cradle of Chinese civilization，the Yellow River culture is profound with abundant culture heritage. The culture heritage is distributed beyond the Yellow River basin in the sense of natural geography，covering seventy three administrative regions of nine provinces. On the basis of the existing heritage classification，to sort out the quantity and distribution of the Yellow River is for the purpose of highlighting the prominent position of the Yellow River culture in forming Chinese civilization. And reclassifying the culture heritage directly or closely related with the Yellow River is for the purpose of deepen the research on the Yellow River culture heritage.