He returned to his hometown of Chuanchow after the war. In 1949 he again went to the Philippines, and was once more stranded when the Chinese mainland fell to the Communists.
廿八歲那年，應當地的僑社之邀赴菲律賓演戲，不料因中日戰爭爆發，李祥石只好待在當地，直到抗戰勝利才返回泉州故鄉。民國卅八年初，李祥石再度赴菲演出，誰知戰事又起，大陸淪為共產黨統治。