So the Chinese described the locomotive when it was first presented to them more than 100 years ago. The Chinese of those days feared the train as a demonic beast and vigorously resisted the approach of the modern era which its arrival signaled.
「雷聲轔轔，車輪火激」，一百多年前，火車以勃勃之姿現身中國人眼前，當時人畏之如鬼神，激烈抗拒新時代的到來。