Their willingness to sacrifice themselves in the fulfillment of their educational duties has been an inspiration to the township and helped foster its transformation into Taiwan's "school principal township." Following the tragedy, the community erected a new concrete span named in their honor to enable students and teachers to cross the river safely. Under the Japanese, Fenglin was a subprefecture with only one elementary school in its jurisdiction.
這樁慘烈事蹟換來一座聯繫溪流兩岸的「箭瑛大橋」，水泥築成的大橋讓師生上學不再驚險，而鳳林老師奮不顧身，只為了克盡教職竟以身殉的師道精神，似乎已為這個小鎮日後成為「校長之鄉」埋下了種子。