Youshui boat songs are a kind of oral literature spread in the Youshui River Basin, and they have a long history. In the Xia and Shang Dynasties, there were trough boats that ferried and carried out short-distance transportation in the Youshui River. The Qin bamboo slips unearthed in Liye, "Yu Gong Nan Tiao Waterway Examination and Notes" and Qu Yuan's "She Jiang" all have records about Youshui boat songs in Youshui shipping. Shen Congwen wrote in his "Several Wharves in the Baihe River Basin": "Windy beach and cissus beach are not dangerous, and there are chicken coops on them", which records the beach songs in Youshui boat songs. Youshui boat songs are a kind of labor song improvised by boatmen in the Youshui River Basin. They are mainly expressed in the singing forms of shouting, singing, and roaring with an ancient atmosphere, showing the boatmen's passion, perseverance and passion for life in fighting against nature. Youshui boat songs have unique creativity and rich imagination. From Pangu creating the world to the folk legends of all dynasties, the scenery, ethnic customs, customs, working life, love, dangerous shoals and deep pools, knowledge of sailing and their experiences along the Youshui River are extremely rich. It is rough and bold, with clear rhythms. The text is not overly elaborate, but it is vivid. Youshui Boat Song is a magnificent poem of Youshui boatmen challenging the god of death. Youshui Boat Song mainly includes three parts: beach song phrases, miscellaneous ancient and miscellaneous words and Youshui calls, which are circulated among the special group of Youshui boatmen. The beach song phrases in Youshui Boat Song are a navigation map of the Youshui River and a guide for their survival on the Youshui River created by boatmen in the process of sailing according to the characteristics of beaches, pools, reefs, docks, etc. in each section of the river. The miscellaneous ancient and miscellaneous words in Youshui Boat Song even show the rich and passionate emotional world of Youshui boatmen and their familiarity with life. Youshui boat songs mainly include more than 50 kinds, such as oar songs, paddle songs, pole songs, and fiber songs. The performance method is mainly one person leading and the others joining in, and the others mostly help with the supporting words. The lyrics of Youshui boat songs are mostly in the form of seven words and four sentences. The sentences are all rhymed, which is convenient for singing and spreading. The lyrics of Youshui boat songs are mostly in the form of seven words and four sentences. Unlike other rivers, there are also female lead singers in the lead singing of Youshui boat songs. Various folk songs and dozens of folk songs such as beach songs, romantic songs, and night memorial archways are gathered in these female boatmen, forming the ancient and unique music of Youshui boat songs. Youshui boat songs vividly reproduce the unique charm of folk language art and the style of folk literature circulated in the Youshui River Basin. It not only records the history of foreign exchanges and trade in western Hunan, but also records the wonderful natural scenery and mysterious human history of the Youshui River Basin, which are of great scientific value, historical value and humanistic research value. After thousands of years of wind and rain, Youshui Boat Songs have gradually become a large-scale collection of water folk songs in the Youshui River Basin.