Ancient tribal pottery figurines unearthed in Sichuan   

四川雅江出土唐代白狼国唯一文物　

四川雅江县文管部门20日透露，该县郭岗顶遗址元代寺院出土了大量公元九世纪的白狼族陶俑。在现场考察的中国著名佛教考古学家、龙门石窟研究所原所长温玉成教授认为，这批文物是关于白狼国唯一的一批文物，十分珍贵。

Yajiang (CNS) -- A deposit of pottery figurines made by the White Wolf Tribe from the ninth century AD have been unearthed in the former site of ancient temple, in Yajiang County, Sichuan Province, the local bureau of cultural relics said on Friday.

The pottery figurines are the only batch of cultural relics relating to the tribe of White Wolf as yet found, thus of great value for academic study, said the archaeologist Wen Yucheng.

The earliest mention of the ancient tribe was in Han Shu, a history book of the Han Dynasty. It is recorded that envoys of the Han Dynasty visited the tribe and brought with them salt and silk, and the king of the tribe at that time wrote a poem to express his appreciation.