During the periods of Japanese and Nationalist rule, when the qianggu festival was banned, the 12 original pillars were used for bridges, the harbor, and stages for Taiwanese Opera.
然而歷經日據、國府時代，搶孤儀式被禁止後，12 支上好木料的桅桿陸續被借去造橋、建港、蓋歌仔戲台後，多已不復存在。