《徐霞客游记·粤西游日记二十六》
河口在太平府城西七十里。又向西转走二里，江南岸有层层秀丽的山峰高耸，青翠攒聚碧绿簇拥，濒江处有座小峰孤零零地突起，下边斜举而上方分岔，怒流横咬着它的脚趾；江水的北面，就是巨大的山峰巍然盘踞着，好像挡住关口扼守的模样。
绵村即今棉江又西转二里，水之南有层峰秀耸，攒青拥碧，濒水有小峰孤突，下斜骞而上分歧，怒流横啮其趾；水之北，则巨峰巍踞，若当天而扼之者。
Heikou is seventy li west of the Taiping Prefecture City. Turning west for another two li, there were beautiful mountains towering on the south bank of the river, lush greenery gathered in clusters of emerald green, and by the river, there was a small, solitary peak, rising abruptly, with a sloping base and a fork above, and the raging current gnawed at its toes; to the north of the river, there were towering mountains, as if they were guarding the pass.