This morning I didn't wake up from sleep with the usual alarm clock sound. But the sound that woke me up this Saturday morning was the sound of neighbor's firecrackers lit during the Chinese New Year pray god ceremony. The sound of firecrackers continued to ring from time to time, so I got up to take a shower and get dressed to make merit at a shrine near my house.Inside the shrine today, many things have been changed, such as red lanterns new, red fabric new used to tie the incense burner and to bind other things. The inside and outside here has been changed to begin the Chinese year.