Bevor I went their I had absolutely no idea for what reason one would buy all kinds of various insects. To be honest I kind of feared being lead by prejudice it was just another food market. As usual the world wide web has an answer to any question. The different birds are actually a very popular pet in China, and some of them are even trained to say random words in Chinese. Well in my defence, the chicken and some of the others birds are actually sold as food.