An enormous problem in the immigrant community in that era was the struggle by clans and by hometown-groups (i.e. people sharing the same town of origin in mainland China) against outsiders for commercial advantage. Lungshan Temple was the scene of ferocious melees.
宗族、地域排他觀念和爭奪商業利益是當時移民社會的大問題；在艋舺﹐龍山寺一帶便曾發生過「頂下郊拼」和「漳泉拼」的激烈械鬥。