Strangely, the Ch'ilin culture, which developed around the same time and along the same general area, shows little signs of interaction with the culture of Peinan, nor does it appear to inherit that of Ch'angpin.
它們毗鄰而居，卻沒有什麼往來的跡象，甚至和長濱文化也沒有繼承的關係。「麒麟文化」和「卑南文化」一樣，早在日據時期，就陸續有零星發現。