New Britain herald., 1929-11-14
WUHU RICE CENTER
 ON YANGTzE RIVER
Chinese City Moved by Decree to
 Better Location

Washington, D. C.. Nov. If. - What is Wuhu?
 ITO the average American lay- man, the name suggests nothing more than the misspelling of the familiar beckoning call 'woo-hoo,' but to the Chinese, 1t is one of the Republics important Yangtze ports, and to the world, one of the great est rice centers,' says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C. head quarters of the National Geographic Society.
 The city proper surrounded by a crumbling stone wall, lies about a mile from the south bank of the langtze at the foot of a range of hills.
 Wuru Brought to YanGtzc
 According to legend it was once many miles farther up Wuhu Creek, but progressive city fathers decreed that a removal of the city nearer the langtz was necessary to prosperity. Brick by brick and board by board. Wuhu was removed to it's present location.
 ''Wuhu Creek, which empties it's sluggish torrent into the Yangtze, has long been too small to accom- modate the city's bristling com merce, so d port was opened on the Father of Chinese Waters The road between the river and the city became a struggling suburb and the river front an animated scene Of shifting crafts. Hundreds of sampans slowly move here and there among scores of junks, some paintless and badly weatherbeaten others displaying brilliant red, green and yellow hulls behind grotesquely carved bows.
 Only Men and Ducks Leave Boats
 Most of the sampans and junks are occupied, for the Chinese river mems families as we'll as their barn yards usually accompany them. The shippers must leave the craft to trade, and now and then the ducks are permitted 10 take a swim, but tllc Nohlth anu Cllllultll stay aboard.
 Day and night one hears the boisterous oriental chatter of the boats people. which even the noisy 1 'put-put' of an occasional modern 1 boat does not drown. The numerous | dialects Of the natives indicate that | some of the boats have travelled | many days to reach the port
 "Wuhu is a port of call for many | of the large modern steamers that | ply the Yangtze. From their decks, | and from points along the road be- tween the river and the city, pan o1amas looking toward Wuhu and | it's environs include numerous rice | fields that have helped make this | city world famous as a rice center. | Hillsides Resemble Picture Puzzle |
 Each terraced hillside resembles | a huge picture puzzle, each farm i forming a part, different in size l and shape. Some Of the fields re- semble ordinary ponds, lifted from the foot of a hill and placed on higher elevations. Another puzzle | part is tinted a delicate green by new rice shoots that have poked | their stems above the surface of | the water Then there are the black | puzzle parts which are in prepara- tion for irrigation and planting. All | over the puzzle there are moving | igures-Women planting and trans planting rice, and men and oxen turning the fertile soil with crude | Ten million bushels of | rice are exported from Wuhu an- nually.
 'To describe what is within Wu- | hu's old walls is like describing the | Chinese quarter of Canton, Shang- | hai or Foochow. Flagstone- paved | slits between solid rows Of buildings | are the Wuhu streets. Most of the | city's 150.000 inhabitants live amid | the noise Of children who make | these byways their playgrounds, | and the unpleasant medley of odors | from eating houses, congested work shops, and the stock in trade Of |