After the change to the Republic, court beads were no longer needed and were naturally forgot ten, so that many sets of beads were reworked into other pieces of jewelry, or found their way into antique and curio shops. All that remained was the superstition that as they had "seen the emperor, the Son of Heaven," they could drive away evil and protect one from harm.
改制民國後，朝珠在用不著的情況下，自然更被遺忘，不少朝珠因此被改串成其他飾物，或流落古董鋪子、坊肆之間，只留下朝珠「見過皇帝、天子，可以驅邪、避凶」的迷信傳說。