In the latter days of Japanese rule, in order to promote the Japanese policy of making Taiwanese into loyal imperial subjects, the island's people were forbidden to worship their gods or to embroider deities 'clothing. Chen Chin-kuan had to fall back on mending work, repairing Western-style suits for Japanese customers.
日治晚期，因推動「皇民化運動」，明令禁止台灣百姓膜拜神明，無法刺繡神衣，陳金官只好做「繡補」；幫日本人補西裝。