For the first three or four years after the lifting of martial law, drifters, beggars, and mentally ill people were frequent residents on the grounds. And because charitable groups gave away boxed lunches nearby, these homeless people were less willing than ever to leave the temple.
解嚴之後三、四年的時間內，遊民、乞丐與精神異常的民眾一直是廟埕上的常住客，而由於許多慈善團體常常來附近發便當，更使得遊民盤踞不去。