"It's all related to changes in society and our way of life," says Meng Mou, a columnist at the China Times. In the agricultural society of the past, guess-fingers bore a quasi-ritualistic function as a channel of social interaction.
「這和社會生活型態轉變有很大的關係」，中時晚報專欄作家孟樊表示，在以往的農業社會，酒拳負擔了某種儀式化的功能，雖然沒有迎神賽會那樣的強烈，但起碼是人際間交流的管道。