Abstract: The Yellow River Flows East, a novel by famous Chinese writer Li Zhun, takes the Yellow River as a narrative clue. It recreates the story of sons and daughters of the Yellow River in the face of disasters, shaping the group image of "Kua zi", a person who speaks with an accent in the Yellow River Basin. The novel highlights the valuable quality of "Kua zi" keeping united and helping each other, restores their physical and mental process of returning to their ancestral homeland, and shows that the Central Plains people look for dynamic and hope in the suffering, fight against disasters, evil forces and fate, and release the internal tension of the Yellow River culture, which is converged into a great rebirth force of Chinese nation. To a certain degree, The Yellow River Flows East is a vivid annotation of Chinese national culture and the Yellow River culture.