With the changes in the composition of village society, the increasing estrangement between people and the prevalence of guns, the Sung Chiang troupes cannot possibly perform their village defense role anymore.
在農村社會結構改變下，人與人關係日漸疏遠，加上槍械泛濫，宋江陣在今日已無法發揮防衛鄉里功能。