Only when the government demilitarized Matsu in 1992 and the soldiers began to be redeployed did the shops 'business dry up. Like the Cold War, they too vanished into history.
直到民國 81 年戰地政務解除，駐軍陸續撤離，這條中心商店街才隨著戰地硝煙一同走入歷史。