Abstract: The Yellow River culture continues to thrive due to the development and evolution of the Chinese civilization. In the new era, the spirit of Yellow River governance is inherited and the concept of river governance is innovated, which promotes the continuous development of the Yellow River culture connotation and enriches the value of times of the Yellow River culture. The Yellow River culture is the precious wealth of ideological and political course in the new era to strengthen cultural confidence. The Yellow River culture can enrich the Chinese cultural heritage of ideological and political course. The Yellow River culture can shape the national spiritual core of ideological and political course. The Yellow River culture helps the ideological and political course to speak well about the mission of cultural inheritance. The Yellow River culture interpretation of ideological and political course to strengthen the confidence of cultural "Creativity and Innovation". Water conservancy universities should uphold the idea of "Educating people by culture" and promote the integration of Yellow River culture into the teaching reform of ideological and political course in colleges and universities in the new era.