华尔街铜牛雕塑的故事

华尔街铜牛是美国华尔街的标志，是一座3.4米高，4.8米长，重3.2吨的铜牛塑像。说起这尊铜牛来，里面还真有一个传奇版的故事。

The bronze bull of Wall Street is the symbol of Wall Street in the United States. It is a bronze bull statue 3.4 meters high, 4.8 meters long and weighing 3.2 tons. Speaking of this bronze ox, there is really a legendary story in it.

铜牛的设计者，来自意大利西西里岛的艺术家莫迪卡，想做一件作品一鸣惊人，于是开始构思并制作了这尊铜牛。他也因为铜牛的问世而真的闻名遐迩了。世界上很多金融中心、股票交易市场都纷纷模仿，雕塑了一尊尊铜牛。

The designer of the bronze bull, Modica, an artist from Sicily, Italy, wanted to make a blockbuster work, so he began to conceive and make this bronze bull. He is also really famous for the advent of the bronze bull. Many financial centers and stock exchange markets in the world have imitated one after another, sculpting a bronze bull.

而且，模仿中也不乏创新之作。这些新塑的铜牛也是各有特色，有的奔驰疾驶，有的仰首冲天，有的持高傲物。在人们的想象中，留住了铜牛，也就是留住了财富。于是有的人还把铜牛用铁链锁住，希望它永远驻留此地，效忠主人。

Moreover, there are many innovative works in imitation. These new bronze bulls also have their own characteristics. Some run fast, some look up to the sky, and some hold lofty objects. In people's imagination, keeping the bronze bull means retaining wealth. So some people also chained the bronze ox, hoping that it would stay here forever and be loyal to its master.

铜牛是不是灵验，暂且不论，而铜牛的制作者却的的确确生意兴隆了。买卖铜牛似乎已经成了一个行业，华尔街牛的身价飞涨，就像它本身的内涵一样，牛气冲天了。

Whether the bronze ox is effective or not, let alone for the time being, but the maker of the bronze ox is really doing a good business. Buying and selling copper bulls seems to have become an industry. The value of Wall Street bulls has soared. Just like its own connotation, it is very bullish.

2009年11月17日凌晨，为了庆祝中美建交30周年，在奥巴马访华期间，美国纽约著名的地标“华尔街铜牛”旁升起了中国国旗。这是历史上中国国旗第一次在华尔街铜牛前升起。

In the early morning of november17,2009, in order to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, during Obama's visit to China, the Chinese national flag was raised next to the famous landmark "Wall Street bronze bull" in New York. This is the first time in history that the Chinese national flag has been raised in front of the bronze bull on Wall Street.