It did indeed draw the interest and praise of a number of forward-looking Chinese. But the "fire cars" caused fright in the majority of people; they worried that the geomantic balance of the land was being upset, and the souls of the dead angered.
此舉固然引起開明之士的好奇與讚嘆，但一般百姓卻群情駭怪，視火車為破壞風水沖犯神明的「淫技邪物」。