The Yellow River, with a total length of 5,464 kilometers, is the second longest river in China, just next to the Yangtze River. The Yellow River is the birthplace of ancient Chinese culture and the cradle of Chinese Civilization. It takes its source from the northern piedmont of the Bayanhar Mountain Range in Qinghai Province, meandering across 9 provinces and finally emptying into the Bohai Sea at Kenli of Shandong Province. Along the Yellow River Reaches, tourists can view the majestic resorts of the Yellow River and the unique scenery of the Loess Plateau.    

The natural landscapes of the Yellow River are breathtaking and attractive, especially those in the Henan segment. As a huge dragon crouching on the central plains, the Yellow River begins to flow northward from Kaifeng City. The Zhengzhou segment of the Yellow River is broad and grand. Tourists acclaim the waves of the Yellow River as the acme of perfection. After entering Longmen, the steep precipices at both banks of the Yellow River seem to be cut by knife, and the river waves are surging and rushing forward. The supernatural power of the nature created various landscape resorts at the Sanmen Gorge where the Yellow River is surging inward and roaring forward and people can feel the perfect combination of gentleness and manly virility of the Yellow River.  

Along the Yellow River, tourists can not only fully enjoy the natural scenery of the Yellow River, but also explore the Chinese history and culture. The multiplying and growing sites of Chinese ancients can be found along the Yellow River, such as the famous Yangshao Culture Site, the Birthplace of the First Ancestor Yellow Emperor, the Fuxi Mausoleum and the neighboring various cradles of surnames. The important ancient town Sanmen Gorge, the thousand-year-old ancient capital Luoyang, the commercial city Zhengzhou and the capital Kaifeng of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), etc. These are all the concrete exhibitions of the Yellow River culture, showing the rise and decline of China's history.       

The main scenic spots of the Yellow River include the Ancient Overhanging Plank Road of the Yellow River, the Mainstay, the Hangu Pass, the Luoyang Peony, the Longmen Grottoes, the Guan Forest, the White Horse Temple, the Remains of the Commercial City Zhengzhou, the Xiangguo Temple, the Millennium City and the Yue Fei Temple, etc. Every scenic spot is rich in cultural connotations, making tourists truly feel the special charm of the Yellow River Culture. Other famous scenic spots in the Yellow River reaches include the Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an City, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-206), the Maiji Grottoes in Tianshui region, the Haibao Pagoda in Yinchuan City, the Bingling Grottoes in the Liujia Gorge, Liangshan Mountain in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and Jinan, the City of Spring, etc.