NBA star center Yao Ming is getting married to his long-time
girlfriend Ye Li in their hometown of Shanghai on Monday.
A wedding ceremony will be held in the five-star Shangri-La
Hotel, and only family members and relatives will be present; no
teammates, coaches, or basketball officials are invited, local
media reported.
Yao and his agent have both turned off their mobile phones, but
Xinhua's Shanghai correspondent was told there would be an official
announcement about the wedding later Monday night.
About 100 security guards will work for the nuptial in which
only 10 dinner tables will be arranged, each costing 12,300 yuan
(US$1,618), media reports said.
Yao, the 27-year-old, 2.26-meter-tall Houston Rockets star, and
his bride Ye, a 26-year-old, 1.9-meter-tall player on China's
national women's basketball team, received their official marriage
certificate in Shanghai's Xuhui District on Friday.
The full dress wedding
photos of Yao Ming and?Ye Li
The? wax figure of Yao Ming in
Shanghai?Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum was redressed in formal
clothing to celebrate his wedding.
The hall in the five-star
Shangri-La Hotel in Shanghai where the wedding ceremony of Yao Ming
and Ye Li?to be held
(Xinhua News Agency August 6, 2007)
