Bund Bull

The Bund Bull, in Shanghai

The Bund Bull is an imposing bronze sculpture of the Bund, work of Arturo Di Modica, the author of the famous Wall Street bull. The Shanghai audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this modern symbol of the economic vitality of China, installed in 2010, that looks proudly upwards, in a gesture of optimism.

The bull of Chinese prosperity

In front of you stands the Bund Bull, one of the most famous modern symbols of Shanghai. This imposing bronze sculpture, more than three metres high and weighing about six tonnes, was made by the Italian-American sculptor Arturo Di Modica, the same artist as that of the Charging Bull of Wall Street, in New York. Installed here in 2010, just before the Universal Exhibition of Shanghai, the bull was commissioned to represent the power and the economic vitality of contemporary China. But, unlike its New York cousin, that of Shanghai looks upwards, the head proud and the spiralled tail pointing towards the sky: a gesture of optimism, symbol of an economy in full rise and turned towards the future. Its reddish tint is not insignificant; red evokes luck and prosperity, two values deeply rooted in Chinese culture. Placed not far from the Bund Financial Square, the bull echoes the financial vocation of the district and the role of Shanghai as a great world economic centre. Become a must-see of the tourists' photographs, who like to pose by its side, it dialogues with the skyscrapers of Pudong, on the other side of the river, in a face-to-face between the economic momentum and the architectural modernity. A bronze bull and a symbol of prosperity, the Bund Bull is a fine stop of the discovery of Shanghai.

What to see

Here you discover the imposing bronze sculpture of more than three metres and nearly six tonnes, work of Arturo Di Modica, the author of the Wall Street bull, installed in 2010 before the Universal Exhibition; unlike its New York cousin, this bull looks upwards, the tail pointing towards the sky, in a gesture of optimism, and its red tint evokes the luck and the prosperity dear to Chinese culture. The Bund Bull is a modern symbol of Shanghai. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Bund Bull lies on the Bund, near the Bund Financial Square, in the Huangpu district, reachable on foot and by metro. It is an open-air sculpture freely accessible, much prized for photographs, facing the skyscrapers of Pudong. You discover it during a walk along the Bund.

Who made the Bund Bull of Shanghai?

The Italian-American sculptor Arturo Di Modica, the same artist as that of the Charging Bull of Wall Street; installed in 2010 before the Universal Exhibition, this bronze bull of more than three metres looks upwards, the tail pointing towards the sky, in a gesture of optimism, and its red tint evokes luck and prosperity.

Where is the Bund Bull in Shanghai?

On the Bund, near the Bund Financial Square, in the Huangpu district, in Shanghai, in China.