《徐霞客游记·粤西游日记三》
河塘村西边修筑了堤坝作为道路，南面是平旷的田野，绿色的稻秧像云层一样铺开，北边是汇积的塘水，一直浸泡到北面群峰山麓，飞闪着晶莹的亮光，荡漾着碧绿的水波，令人尘心一洗而空。
河塘西筑塘为道，南为平畴，秧绿云铺，北为汇水，直浸北界丛山之麓，蜚晶漾碧，令人尘胃一洗。
A dike was built as a road in the west of Hetang Village, and there were flat fields in the south. The green rice seedlings spread like clouds, and there was a pool of water in the north that soaked the foot of the mountains in the north, reflecting dazzling light and rippling green clear water, which made people feel refreshed.