羅漢門為現今高雄縣內門鄉的舊稱。為了要更深入了解羅漢門宋江陣的文化，研究者除了蒐集相關資料外，更前往羅漢門探訪實際體會羅漢門的生活，並訪問了當地的居民。
宋江陣的起源眾說紛紜且史無記載。根據學者考証，多數認為台灣的宋江陣始於明鄭時代，鄭成功的部屬陳永華為了方便治理台灣，提出了寓政於教寓兵於農的政策，結合民間信仰與地方武力而訓練士兵的一種方法。鄭克塽投降清政府後，殘餘不願歸順的將士逃至內門，形成內門鄉宋江陣的起源。
針對本研究，研究者將文化定義為：一群人為了適應某一生活環境，而針對這一個生活環境發展出的生活方式，其中，本文所探討的重點為包括了宗教信仰、政治等兩個面相。
研究者認為，羅漢門宋江陣的文化為：身體活動的本質、傳統文化的保存、倫常關係的維持、團結鄉里的情懷、地方特色的表徵。
Ruohanmen was the old name of Neimen in Kaohsiung County. In order to go deep into the culture of the Sung Chiang Battle Array in Ruohanmen, the researchers not only searcher and collected information but also realized the life in Ruohanmen by themselves and visit the inhabitants there.
The opinions of the origin of the Sung Chiang Battle Array are widely divided and there is no record about it in history. Base on the scholars' textural research, most of them though that the Sung Chiang Battle Array was started from the dynasty of Ming-zheng. In order to govern Taiwan conveniently, Yong-Hua Chen, who was Cheng-Gong Zheng's subordinate brought up the policy of residing the politics of education and the soldiers in agriculture. It was a way of combining the folk belive and the local force to train the soldiers. After Ke-Shuang Zheng surrendered to the dynasty of Ching, the rest of soldiers who unwilling devoted to the dynasty of Ching ran away to Neimen and became the source of the Sung Chiang Battle Array there.
Be aimed at this research, the researchers define the culture as a group of people develop a way of living to suit the surrounding. The point of the research includes both side of religions and politics. The researchers think that the meaningful cultures of the Sung Chiang Battle Array in Ruohanmen are the nature of the physical activities, the preservation of the traditional culture, keeping the normal human relationship, the noble thoughts of uniting the hometown and the form of the local characteristics.
