![A sand sculpture featuring China's ancient sports culture is one of the highlights in the 3rd International Sand Sculpture Festival, which kicked off in Haiyang, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province on Thursday, June 26, 2008. [Photo: shm.com.cn]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080627/001109b42f7309cecf8313.jpg "A sand sculpture featuring China's ancient sports culture is one of the highlights in the 3rd International Sand Sculpture Festival, which kicked off in Haiyang, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province on Thursday, June 26, 2008. [Photo: shm.com.cn]")
A sand sculpture featuring China's ancient sports culture is one of the highlights in the 3rd International Sand Sculpture Festival, which kicked off in Haiyang, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province on Thursday, June 26, 2008. [Photo: shm.com.cn]
![Visitors come to the 3rd International Sand Sculpture Festival, which kicked off in Haiyang, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province, on Thursday, June 26, 2008. [Photo: shm.com.cn]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080627/001109b42f7309cecf9a1b.jpg "Visitors come to the 3rd International Sand Sculpture Festival, which kicked off in Haiyang, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province, on Thursday, June 26, 2008. [Photo: shm.com.cn]")
Visitors come to the 3rd International Sand Sculpture Festival, which kicked off in Haiyang, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province, on Thursday, June 26, 2008. [Photo: shm.com.cn]
![A sand sculpture featuring a NBA basketball player catches people's attention in the 3rd International Sand Sculpture Festival, which kicked off in Haiyang, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province on Thursday, June 26, 2008. [Photo: shm.com.cn]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080627/001109b42f7309cecfae26.jpg "A sand sculpture featuring a NBA basketball player catches people's attention in the 3rd International Sand Sculpture Festival, which kicked off in Haiyang, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province on Thursday, June 26, 2008. [Photo: shm.com.cn]")
A sand sculpture featuring a NBA basketball player catches people's attention in the 3rd International Sand Sculpture Festival, which kicked off in Haiyang, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province on Thursday, June 26, 2008. [Photo: shm.com.cn]
(CRI June 27, 2008)
