Why would someone go to "chicken feathers for sugar"?

It is because in that era of lack of materials, small business hawkers shuttled through the streets, exchanging cheap items such as brown sugar and toilet paper for waste products such as chicken feathers in residents' homes and making meager profits.

"Chicken feathers for sugar" is a supplement to the socialist economy, with many advantages and few disadvantages. It not only promotes the development of brown sugar, but also returns the "red hair" needed for export and the "waste chicken feathers" needed for farmland as fertilizer, thus increasing grain production, increasing agricultural benefits, invigorating circulation and benefiting the country and the people.

"Chicken feathers for sugar" and its historical and cultural development are not smooth sailing. For a time, chicken feathers for sugar became the target of public criticism, saying that chicken feathers for sugar were "abandoning agriculture for business", "profiteering" and "the tail of capitalism", which contradicted the national ban and was "unpredictable". It was not until 1980 that chicken feathers were allowed to change sugar, and the industrial and commercial bureau also issued a temporary license for chicken feathers to change sugar.

The origin of "chicken feathers for sugar"

The earliest behavior of exchanging chicken feathers for sugar was formed in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. Finally, the promotion of this behavior to regional economy and development was recognized and played a huge positive role. Chicken feather for sugar culture has become an important urban culture in Yiwu, and some restaurants use chicken feather for sugar as part of their names to attract customers. Yiwu people are also using this spiritual culture to inspire the next generation not to forget hardships and be brave in innovation.

People who exchange chicken feathers for sugar are also called sugar knocks. According to the way of business activities, the sugar gang has carried out a strict division of labor, which is divided into two categories: "sitting in the workshop" and "taking the lead". There are four organizations in the workshop: sugar workshop, stationmaster, expert and old soil.