In 1949, Shih Chang-ju, a scholar from the Academia Sinica's Institute of History and Philology, led a group of research personnel here and formally opened the site up for excavation. The locale is currently the site of Puli High School, the Ailan Church and Hsingling Temple.
一九四九年中研院史語所學者石璋如正式進行大規模的挖掘，地點就在今日埔里高中、愛蘭教會、醒靈寺等所在地。