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AANHPI Heritage Month – Celebrate Our Stories!

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Lan Su Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett Street, Portland
AANHPI Heritage Month

Join Lan Su to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month! In partnership with more than 20 local cultural organizations, performers, and artists, we explore the history, traditions, and arts that make up the rich cultural tapestry of AANHPI. Every May, we highlight the stories, the culture, and the expressions of […]

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Threading Together: AANHPI Traditional Attire Exhibit

AANHPI Heritage Month
Lan Su Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett Street, Portland
AANHPI Heritage Month

Regular hours: 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM; Saturday, May 2 hours: 12:00-6:30 PM (Last entry at 6:00 PM daily) Clothing is a powerful expression of culture, reflecting history, identity, and tradition through form, color, and pattern. Threading Together brings together traditional attire from local AANHPI community members, each piece offering a window into lived experience […]

Free
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Limei Lai Art Show: Temperature in Life

AANHPI Heritage Month
Lan Su Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett Street, Portland
AANHPI Heritage Month

Explore intricate fabric installations by Limei Lai, a Portland-based Chinese American artist. In her own words: “On top of a chaotic, messy, tangled, frayed, knotted forest of seemingly random threads, tapestry finds order and beauty, much like art and life.”

Free

Louis Lim plays at Lan Su

Music in The Garden

Weekly Cultural Experiences
Lan Su Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett Street, Portland

Enjoy the gentle sounds of live Chinese music on traditional instruments such as erhu, ruan qin, and pipa. Noon – 3 PM | Fridays, April 24 – September 25, 2026 As you stroll the garden pathways, enjoy traditional Chinese music of erhu or guzheng by Lan Su musicians.  The erhu is a bowed, two-stringed Chinese […]

Free

A gong fu cha tea setting with gaiwan and loose-leaf tea

Garden Tea Tasting with Hannah Ma (1 PM)

Garden Tea Tastings
Lan Su Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett Street, Portland

Take a front-row seat to Chinese tea culture with our intimate Garden Tea Tasting series led by tea master Hannah Ma. Savor three seasonal teas from Yun Shui Teahouse, learn traditional brewing techniques, and take home a porcelain teacup.

$36.95 – $55.95

A gong fu cha tea setting with gaiwan and loose-leaf tea

Garden Tea Tastings with Hannah Ma (3 PM)

Garden Tea Tastings
Lan Su Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett Street, Portland

Take a front-row seat to Chinese tea culture with our intimate Garden Tea Tasting series led by tea master Hannah Ma. Savor three seasonal teas from Yun Shui Teahouse, learn traditional brewing techniques, and take home a porcelain teacup.

$36.95 – $55.95