In the late Ching dynasty and early Republican periods, the large inward migration of Han Chinese brought the Puyuma into contact with the outside world. This raised their agricultural skills but also amalgamated them into a much larger society. Moreover, with the waning of the King of the Puyuma, the palakuan and age-grade system dissolved.
清末民初，漢人大量移入，卑南族人與外界接觸，固然提昇農耕技術，卻也被融入大社會；加上往昔「卑南大王」的風采不再，會所及年齡層制度因而解體。