Talking about the important position and geographical position of the Yellow River in national history.

First of all, the earliest Neolithic civilization in China appeared in the Yellow River basin, such as Lantian civilization and Banpo civilization of Weihe River, a tributary of the Yellow River; Longshan civilization appeared in Shandong Peninsula and so on. The reason why there are so many civilizations in the Yellow River Basin is that the geographical environment of the Yellow River Basin is superior to that of the Yangtze River Basin. At that time, there were rhinoceros, elephants and other animals near the Yellow River, and subtropical plants such as bamboo showed that the climate in the Yellow River basin was warm at that time, just like the Jiangnan area now. At that time, the climate in Jiangnan was not only hotter than it is now, but also the geographical environment was not as good as that in the Yellow River Basin. He has no great plains, but mostly hills, which is not conducive to the survival of ancient humans.

Secondly, the first tribal leader to unify the tribes was the Yellow Emperor in the Yellow River valley, and then Yu in the Yellow River valley established the first slave country.

Thirdly, after China, all emperors paid attention to the fertile land in the Yellow River basin. At that time, the Yellow River basin did not need to build defensive levees as often as it does now. Therefore, in most historical processes of China, the Yellow River Basin has always been the political center, economic center and cultural center. Many economic inventions and ideologies come from the Yellow River Basin. The Yellow River gave birth to a romantic poet like Li Bai and a great poet Du Like Fu. It has influenced several generations in China, making the Chinese nation as unrestrained as the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and there have been heroic peasant uprisings again and again; As selfless as the Yellow River water, there are countless good soldiers like Lei Feng; As gentle as the water in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, Confucianism, which is admired all over the world, appeared.