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today, the xunyang district football association of jiujiang city, jiangxi province issued a statement: deeply mourn the famous chinese fan and beijing olympic games torchbearer gui erniu!

the bad news came,gui erniu, a famous chinese football fan and torchbearer for the beijing olympics, died of illness at 11:40 p.m. on september 5.gui erniu has always been concerned about the development of our association. when he was alive, he helped and supported the work of our association many times. our association expresses deep condolences for the passing of gui erniu!

jiangxi lushan football clubalso posted a message of condolences:

it is with heavy hearts that we mourncomrade gui erniu。

gui erniu: member of the communist party of china,the flag of jiangxi football, olympic torchbearer, model worker of jiujiang cityhe left us forever on the evening of september 5, 2024, leaving behind the football he was passionate about all his life. the club colleagues are deeply saddened. for many years, brother niu has been a die-hard fan of the club. as a representative of jiangxi fans, gui erniu's love for football is also quite influential among fans across the country. he will stand in the stands to cheer for the team's games and lead the fans to cheer for jiangxi football! the person is gone, but the spirit lives on. jiangxi lushan football club thanks you for coming. brother niu, rest in peace. i hope your family will be mourning.

most football fans are familiar with gui erniu's name. as long as you go to jiangxi to watch a live game, you will definitely see him. as a jiangxi fan, gui erniu's love for football is also quite influential among fans across the country.

in 1985, he was so angry about the chinese team's defeat in a football game that he smashed his 17-inch black-and-white tv and jumped into the yangtze river.in the 2004 asian cup final, he rode a bicycle for 28 days and 1,870 kilometers to beijing to cheer for the chinese team. as long as people see gui erniu for the first time, they will remember him firmly because of his unique cheering style.

wearing a red horn hat, with red paint on the left side of his face, and big red characters written on the right side of his face, "my left face is red, representing our jiangxi red land, the red revolutionary base; the right side of my face is written with august 1, symbolizing the august 1 uprising, because i am a jiangxi fan." when cheering for the chinese football team, he wrote the word "china" on his face. many times he would also write big red characters on his body. in this way, every time gui erniu, wearing red clothes and painted red, appears in the football stands, he is an eye-catching sight.

on the morning of september 5, 2023, huang mengbi, executive vice chairman of the jiujiang xunyang district football association, and vice chairmen duan jinhua, li shuqiu, ni gerong and other football association leaders came to the hospital to visit gui erniu, the "no. 1 chinese football fan" and torchbearer of the 2008 beijing olympic games, who was hospitalized for treatment. they sent him their blessings and encouraged the elderly to actively recuperate, recover soon, and return to the stadium to cheer for chinese football.

gui erniu said: thank you for the concern of all the leaders of xunyang district football association. i will definitely recuperate as soon as possible, strive to return to the team as soon as possible, and continue to contribute my strength to promote the development of football.