The invention discloses a light sensitive energy-saving street lamp. A sensor is arranged at the top of the street lamp and can control on and off the street lamp according to the intensity of visible light, a light sensitive resistor is arranged in the sensor and comprises an upper electrode layer, a lower electrode layer and a middle light sensitive material layer, and the light sensitive material layer comprises gallium sulfide, cadmium sulfide, zinc sulfide, copper sulfide, beryllium sulfide, strontium sulfide, germanium oxide, niobium oxide, hafnium, iridium and Y4-x-yLuxFeyO6. A light sensitive material is low in manufacturing cost, resistant to ageing, wide in application field and beneficial to large-scale popularization and application, has excellent weather resistance and corrosion resistance and has strong compatibility with the sensor, the light sensitive energy-saving street lamp can automatically sense the visible light, can be automatically turned on and turned off according to the intensity of the visible light and conforms to the advocated trend of energy conservation and environmental protection, and resources are reasonably distributed and used.