台灣民俗藝術什家將傳統陣頭文化，隨著時代的變遷，以及社會大眾價值觀的改變，加上長期以來媒體的負面報導，人們對於宗教的熱衷也不像過往，使的這些傳統藝陣慢慢的找不到傳承的對象，老藝人的凋零更使得這項傳統文化技藝，慢慢消逝在我們的身邊，因此本論文研究目的：一、追溯傳統藝陣什家將文化之歷史淵源。二、探討傳統藝陣什家將舞蹈型態之風格。三、探討傳統藝陣什家將發展之困境與展望。本研究以文獻分析、田野調查、深入訪談，三角交叉驗證法研究檢驗，加以分析、整理、歸納與分析，結論如下：一、什家將的源流雖眾說紛紜，但從文獻記載中或是耆老口述中，發現與清代巡補體系相似。二、什家將的舞蹈動作與陣形變化，雖與宗教祭典有相關聯，但也反應出先民為求自衛、將生活中所運用到的國術融入其中，但隨著時代的演變慢慢的演變，發展出更多不同風格的家將形態。三、盼政府相關單位能落實什家將傳統藝術文化的保存政策，並且將此傳統民俗藝術的學校課程融入到鄉土教育與表演藝術科目中，並積極扶持及培養什家將傳統民俗藝陣團體，讓屬於這塊土地的傳統文化生生不息。

　　Taiwanese traditional art of SHI JIA JIANG formation changing culture. With the changing of time and perception of the general public’s viewpoint and the twisted opinion from the mass media in addition, have led to the downfall of the interest in religion among general public. It becomes difficult to pass down the tradition to the next generation therefore the passion vanished This thesis will focus on the followings: 1. Trace back to the origin of the SHI JIA JIANG. 2. Research on the various style of SHI JIA JIANG 3. In depth look at the difficulties of SHI JIA JIANG in the future development. The thesis will categorized the analysis of the documents, field survey and in depth interaction in order to get a more precise outcome. In conclusion: First of all, the originality of SHI JIA JIANG are very different, however, according to the document recording and the oral report, we can discover it is similar to the shiun-bu system in the Ching dynasty. Secondly, even though the formation changing and the dance movement of SHI JIA JIANG are connected to the religion festival, they also combine the self defense of the ancestor and the GUO SHU in their lives. Nowadays, with time goes by, there are much more kinds of JIA JIANG in different forms and styles.Lastly, hopefully, the government can actually carry the policy of keeping the traditional culture into effect and put these tradition art traditions into local culture education and performance art subjects. Moreover, they should support and cultivate SHI JIA JIANG traditional art group to make the magnificent culture last forever.