But when Taiwan was separated from the mainland beginning in the Japanese colonial era, the journey was changed to the Mazu Temple in Peikang (Yunlin County), which also holds idols of Mazu's parents. Then in 1988, when the two temples got into a fight about their relative status, the destination of the pilgrimage was changed to Hsinkang's Fengtien Temple (in Chiayi).
後來兩方為了廟格大小起爭執，民國七十七年開始，大甲媽便改到嘉義縣新港奉天宮遶境進香。