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The Nanzhijiaoman School ruins, located in Wangmei Village, Xinyi Township, were built in the 13th year of the Guangxu Emperor during the Qing Dynasty (1887 CE). They were constructed by Chen Shilie while he served as a commissioner of the Yunlin Land Reclamation Bureau and are now a county-designated historic site. During the Guangxu era, the imperial court ordered the opening of mountain roads and the pacification of indigenous tribes, establishing indigenous schools to educate indigenous children. In the 13th year of Guangxu, a route across the Alishan region to Taitung was opened, and the Man-she School was set up here for Alishan indigenous children. However, due to unsuitable education, students stopped attending, and the school gradually fell into disuse. The Wanxing Pass Stele, erected outside the Man-she School, was discovered by stationed Japanese police in 1926 and is a precious historical relic from the Qing-era policy of opening mountain roads and pacifying indigenous peoples.