珠江源远流长,水流壮阔。但据史载,省河一段,曾有两次江水乾涸,行人可涉江而过,码头港湾,不能通航。第一次在南宋咸淳七年(一二七一年),也是元世祖忽必烈称帝的元年。这一年,广州附近并无大旱,而珠江水却骤然乾涸,人们可以涉水过江,在两岸最近处,隔江相望,须眉也看得清楚。 Pearl River has a long history, magnificent flow. However, according to historical records, a section of the provincial river has dried up twice in a river. Pedestrians can be involved in the river and the harbor of the pier can not be navigable. For the first time in the southern Song Xian Chun seven years (one two one seven one years), but also the emperor Kublai Kublai the first year. This year, there was no serious drought near Guangzhou, but the Pearl River water suddenly dried up. People could wade across the river.