人生的过程有很多惊险，棋手们也不例外。象棋特级大师胡荣华也曾遇到惊险万分的一次交通事件。 这事件由胡荣华亲自讲述，格外令人感到险象环生，真有一种从鬼门关逃出生天的感觉。
话说在1974年第5届上海市市运会举行期间，主办单位依照惯例，邀请一些参赛的象棋好手前往工厂、学校、公社、军队单位进行车轮战表演。
有一次胡荣华和其他运动员乘坐工厂里驶来的一辆大卡车，前往周浦的化学工厂表演。大卡车之大，驾驶室就可坐5个人，可想而知。当卡车驶过一座大桥时，卡车与一辆对面驶来的同样的大卡车猛然碰撞，轰然一声，工厂的大卡车严重受损，司机双腿就被夹住，不能移动。胡荣华本人及其他棋手分别有不同程度伤势，万幸的是，没有致命的伤者。
据胡荣华对这事件的描述，当时他随身携带的一把雨伞，后来发现竟然被扭弯了，他自己也受到惊吓，他取笑说，这必定是雨伞代替他受伤。多年后，胡荣华每每回忆起或和棋友谈起这段惊恐的人生历程。回忆起或谈起这人生不平常的体验，都会有所领悟。这反映在棋赛中，十分明显，无论遇到什么困难，什么险境，他都可以保持平常心，去面对失败，或去争取胜利。
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Life is full of surprise and danger, and chess players are no exception. Xiangqi Grandmaster Hu Ronghua also had encountered a perilous traffic incident. This incident was personally narrated by Hu Ronghua, which is particularly impressive, and there is really a feeling such as of escaping from the hell's gate.
It happened that during the 5th Shanghai Municipal Games in 1974, the organizers invited some participating chess players to factories, schools, communes, and military units to perform simultaneous display.
On one occasion, Hu Ronghua and other Xiangqi players were passengers of a large truck travelling to a chemical factory in Zhoupu. The size of the truck was that big it can seat 5 people in the cab, one can imagined. As the truck crossed a bridge, it collided with another large truck coming from the opposite side, and with a bang, the factory's truck was seriously damaged, the driver's legs were clamped and could not move. Hu Ronghua himself and other chess players had injuries of varying degrees, but fortunately, there were no fatalities.
According to Hu Ronghua's account of the incident, an umbrella he was carrying with was later found to have been severely twisted, and he himself was quite frightened, later he joked that the umbrella must have been injured in his place instead.
Years later, when Hu Ronghua recalled or talked to his friends about this fearful and unusual episode, he had got a sense of some realisation, of some understanding. It reflected in his tournament games, clearly whatever the difficulty, whatever the dangerous situation, he will remain calm and cool, whether when facing failure or when facing success.
