Visitors take photos with the sand sculptures. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Twenty sculptures made of sand have become a tourist magnet at the Dalian Golden Pebble Beach National Resort in Northeast China's Liaoning province.

It took a team of sand sculptors about one month to mould the sand into characters and scenes from myths, legends, literature, movies and cartoons .

As a beautiful coastal city, Dalian is a favorite vacation spot for tourists from home and abroad.