Ancient Yellow River poetry is the treasure of Chinese civilization，containing rich ecological culture，social culture，military culture and water culture and so on. It is of great value to our construction of material and spiritual civilization in the socialism with Chinese characteristics of the new era. The poetry of the Yellow River has the value of ecological civilization，the education value of the Yellow River culture and the excellent traditional culture and the education value of the elegant art，etc.. So we should pay attention to and strengthen its mining and research.