In 1949, after the ROC government fled the mainland for Taiwan, more than 200 families of military personnel set up their homes here. For 18 years the gates to the temple were never closed yet worshippers stopped coming.
民國三十八年國民政府撤守台灣初期，廟裡曾被兩百多戶軍眷借住，導致保安宮十八年沒有「關過廟門」，參拜者也為之卻步。