The Yellow River basin has a long history of forest culture. General secretary Xi Jinping points out that we should protect and carry forward the Yellow River culture，which means the Yellow River basin forest culture has a good opportunity to develop. The Yellow River forest culture has three types：forest material culture，forest system culture and forest spirit culture. We should protect all types of forest culture，give full play to the functions and functions of forest culture，tell the story of forest culture and make forest culture become a beautiful cultural name card of the Yellow River basin. Therefore，we should strengthen the protection and utilization of forest culture，realize the modern transformation of forest culture，promote the dissemination and education of forest culture actively，expand the development of forest cultural industries. Let the forest culture of the Yellow River basin “stand up” in the development tide of the new era.