226年（三國吳黃武五年），孫權喺交州（治所龍編，今越南河內）7郡中抽咗南海、蒼梧、鬱林、合浦４郡出來置廣州，治所番禺，任命呂岱為刺史。呢個係史載第一次有咗廣州個名，其範圍遠遠超過現廣州市建制，跨廣東、廣西兩省，轄七郡，番禺屬於南海郡。後陸胤做咗交州刺史陣，由於州治番禺臨海，缺乏淡水供應，於是乎鑿甘溪引水入城北，兼開埋水塘來儲備用水，解決咗番禺城用水需要。
In 226 (the fifth year of Wu Huangwu of the Three Kingdoms), Sun Quan drew four counties of Nanhai, Cangwu, Yulin, and Hepu out of the seven counties of Jiaozhou (治所龙線, present-day Hanoi, Viet Nam) and placed them in Guangzhou, ruled Panyu, and appointed Lü Dai as the assassin. This is the first time in history that there is a name of Guangzhou, and its scope far exceeds the current Guangzhou city system, spanning Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, and governing seven counties, Panyu belongs to Nanhai County. Later, Lu Yin made the Jiaozhou Thorn History Array, because the state ruled Panyu near the sea, the lack of fresh water supply, so the Ganxi River was dug into the north of the city, and the reservoir was opened to reserve water to solve the water needs of Panyu City.