On Categories and Characteristics of Historical and Cultural Resources of Yellow River Dike of Henan Section

The Yellow River is the mother river and a cultural river of the Chinese nation.For thousands of years，The Yellow River bred much excellent culture.The Yellow River middle and lower reaches of Henan section occurs levee breach most and happens diversion most obviously in the history，the Yellow River dike becomes the engineering miracles of people who overcoming the disaster and complying with the nature.From the perspective of history and culture，this paper analyzes the categories and characteristics of historical and cultural resources of the Yellow River dike，which lays a foundation for better protection of the Yellow River dike，and plays a role of cultural and historical heritage.