It was an important affair that Wuhu was opened as a trading port in history of Wanjiang area, which had brought great changes to closed social system in Wanjiang since Wuhu was opened as a port, then Wanjiang was enrolled into the capitalist market.
This paper provides an overall research on the influence of Wuhu was opened to the changes of Wanjiang society and economy following the principles of history and sociology and economics.
The development of export and import after Wuhu was opened had effect on the prosperity of Wuhu business, the disintegration of natural economy, the development of commercial economy, the generation of industry and mining.
Since Wuhu was forced to open and trade to abroad in 1876, the Western people came to trade and do missionary work, and made a number of buildings along the Yangtze River.
Since Wuhu was forced to open and trade to abroad in 1876, the Western people came to trade and do missionary work, and made a number of buildings along the Yangtze River. Those and the old-fashioned buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties in the old town, and a group of modern buildings in the Zhongshan Street, contribute combinately building culture of the old and contemporary times to Wuhu, and reflect the building characteristics of “Surviving Rhyme of Ancient Anhui”.