The news was reported overseas, and created a considerable stir among the overseas academic community in the States. Friends meeting each other would ask: "Did you hear? They've remade the wooden ox."
當時媒體向海外作了報導，在美國僑界學人間造成很大的轟動，許多朋友見了面，就彼此探詢「你知不知道木牛流馬復原了？」