The indirect factor was that the declining gently class could not support the idolatrous procession.Some of them changed into new political elites and even opposed idolatrous procession.

• 间接的因素在于主持其事的传统乡绅阶层要么转趋没落，要么正在蜕变为新的精英阶层，迎神赛会活动失去了主导者与组织者。