The Yellow River boatmen have lived on the Yellow River for generations, drifting on wooden boats. They know the Yellow River well and regard boats as their own treasures. In the practice of fighting the wind and waves of the Yellow River, the boatmen have created colorful and unique Yellow River boatmen's songs. The boatmen's songs express the complex emotions of the boatmen, reflecting their joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, worry, resentment, sadness and joy. The Yellow River boatmen's songs, accompanying the boatmen's labor, are the melody of the boatmen's life. The Yellow River boatmen have never been "dumb boats". As soon as the boatmen started working, they began to sing the "Yellow River Call" to call everyone to prepare for sailing. After the boat was overhauled on the shore, the "Weibiaohao" was sung when the towboat was launched into the water, followed by "anchoring", "setting up the sail", and "Yangmanhao" (the boatmen avoided using the "fan" sound, "Yangmanhao" means "raising the sail"), and the most used one is "pulling the rope and feeding the boat". The Yellow River's towing songs are divided into early morning towing songs and evening towing songs. Although the tunes are the same, the lyrics are different. The boatmen in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River often cross the Yellow River. In their work practice, the boatmen have figured out a labor method of dropping anchors forward and then using the force of the water to push the boat across. In this way, a kind of rapid and powerful "anchor dropping song" and "anchor swinging song" that adapt to this kind of work have been created. In addition, there are "bringing rushing songs" when the boat turns around, "falling feet songs" when rowing, "stomping feet songs" when approaching the dock, and "car blocking songs" when passing between two boats. Until the boat stops, every labor process is accompanied by songs. With the changes in the river channel, the boatmen have also created various forms of labor songs to adapt to the changes in the rhythm of labor. The middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River are the Loess Plateau and the mountains in western Henan, with deep valleys and dangerous gorges and turbulent water. The Yellow River boatmen go upstream with difficulty; they go downstream with fear. There is a folk saying that "going through Sanmenxia is like passing through the gates of hell". Sanmenxia is one of the most dangerous sections of the Yellow River, with reefs and rocks, fierce water, and many ships have been buried at the bottom of the river here. Therefore, when sailing in these sections of the river, boatmen must have the heart of being in the same boat and the courage to turn the tide. At this time, the horns used almost no lyrics, and all consisted of "hi, hi" as the supporting words. After the Yellow River flows out of the mountains in western Henan and enters the North China Plain, it loses its unrestrained momentum and slowly flows into the Bohai Sea. When boatmen sail in these sections of the river, their horns are also slow and melodious, quite interesting. The Yellow River horns adopt the form of one leading and many responding, and the lyrics and melody are honest, simple, vigorous and broad. The Yellow River boatmen have been sailing on the thousands of miles of river for many years, and are very familiar with every mountain, stone, grass and tree on both sides of the Yellow River. The boatmen use songs to regulate the monotonous and heavy physical labor, and also use songs to describe the scenery of mountains and rivers and express their love for nature. In short, the Yellow River boatmen's songs not only have the practical value of directing labor and inspiring labor spirit, but also allow people to experience the unique customs and folkways of sailing on the Yellow River.