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Houston Rockets’ basketball star Yao Ming married longtime girlfriend Ye Li at a swank hotel in his hometown of Shanghai on Monday.

About 70 close friends and relatives joined 7′6″ Yao, who is 26, and the 6′2″ Ye, 25, at the five-star Shangri-La Hotel.

The couple met each other about eight years ago. Ye is also a basketball player for the Chinese national women’s team.

Pictures below include pre-wedding photos taken at a resort called Taihu Yuan Resort in the city of Lin’an. Also pictured are security checking guests’ invitations at the wedding, flower girls arriving and gifts given to reporters (no interviews were granted).

Zhù nǐ mén bái tóu dào lǎo!!!!