Distinctive sand sculpture works from over 30 sculptors across the world are on display at the 2018 Zhoushan International Sand Sculpture Festival in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province on July 20. [Photo/Xinhua]

The 2018 Zhoushan International Sand Sculpture Festival opened in Zhoushan, an island city in East China's Zhejiang province on July 20, 2018.

Centered on "Love for 20 Years of Sand Sculpture", the festival displays over 50 pieces of sand sculptures with different themes, including marine culture, folk customs at home and abroad, classic movies and historical stories. The entire sand sculpture zone is 200 meters long and 50 meters wide, consuming over 200,000 cubic meters of sand. This year's festival will last from July, 2018 to May, 2019.