On February 29th, 2002, 65438, the match between Guangdong Hongyuan and Jilin team in CBA league in 2002-2003 was staged in Dongguan Gymnasium, which was the first time that Yi Jianlian represented South China Tiger professionally. On February 29th, 2023, the 2nd/Kloc-0 anniversary of the debut of the United Arab League CBA, Guangdong Hongyuan Basketball Club held the retirement ceremony of Yi Jianlian's No.9 jersey against Zhejiang Guangsha team in Dongguan.

The club prepared a red T-shirt No.9 for all the fans who attended the game. When the fans entered the stadium, the scene presented a red ocean. Sitting on the sidelines in uniform, with his former coaches Li Chunjiang and Zhang Yongjun, teammates of the national team, Bater and Sun Yue, and Wang, Chen Jianghua, Su Wei and many other old friends of the Guangdong team. The fans shouted the name of the United Arab League, and he waved from time to time.

Fans' Blessings to Yi Jianlian

Outside the stadium, a special photo exhibition with the theme of "Basketball City Yi Jianlian and a City" was exhibited. The whole exhibition traces the career full of sweat and achievements, and his feelings of growing up together with Dongguan, a "basketball city". At the same time, the landmark building in the center of Dongguan, 10 kilometers away from the stadium, lights up collectively, offering Yi Jianlian a confession from the public and the city. While blessing the United Arab League, pay tribute to the basketball spirit.

On the evening of February 29th, 65438+2023, under the gorgeous lights, the animated version of Alian dribbled and layed in the No.9 jersey, shaking the stadium, and a sincere blessing appeared behind it in the landmark buildings in the central city of Dongguan, such as the private International Trade Building, Taiwan Province Building and the head office building of Dongguan Rural Commercial Bank, with warm slogans such as "No.9 rookie, see you in the second half, not finished retiring, still returning as a teenager".