Lan Su Chinese Garden

Lantern Viewing Dragon + Light Show (7:30PM)
2026-02-28 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-02-27 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-02-26 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-02-25 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Photo by Aileen Sheedy

5:30–7:00 PM & 7:30–9:00 PM Every Wednesday–Sunday, February 18 – March 1, 2026 | Separate Tickets Required

Mini horses appearance at 7:30 PM showings on 2/25, 2/26, & 3/1!

*Zodiac Animals show and Dragon Dance procession at 6:15 PM / 8:15 PM*

Get ready for Lunar New Year 2026 Lantern Viewing Evenings at Lan Su! Ring in the Lunar New Year the Chinese way—with dazzling light, roaring dragons, and the magic of spring arriving in a classical Chinese garden.

Unlike any winter light festival in Portland, Lan Su’s Lantern Viewing Evenings immerse you in handcrafted Chinese lantern sculptures, partnering with Noble Robot for a spectacular projection-mapping light show—The Twelve Zodiac Animals, and a lively illuminated Dragon Dance procession by Portland Lee’s Association that brings the whole crowd into the celebration.

Lighting by Noble Robot. Photo by Dylan Evanston

Don’t miss a truly one-of-a-kind celebration that ushers in the New Year with unforgettable color, culture, and joy!

Get Tickets

Lan Su Members & Guests: $22.95

General: $32.95

Child (3–11): $12.95

Infant (0–2): Free

Oregon & Washington EBT Cardholders: $15.95 (up to 4 tickets per cardholder; available in-person at the Lan Su Ticket Booth during business hours)

Bundle & Save!

Day & Night Garden Experience Package: $39.95

Save up to 20% off the regular price! Select your Lantern Viewing Evening, then come back for even more Lunar New Year daytime fun any day between February 17 and March 8, 2026.

Note: A $0.95 service fee is reflected in each paid ticket

Meet Our Partners

Noble Robot

Among other creative endeavors, Noble Robot creates innovative lighting solutions, including stage and concert lighting design, LED installations, and live, interactive projection mapping. Using a variety of light sources—such as moving beams, wash lights, lasers, projection, and custom-designed LED products—they craft multi-sensory and immersive lighting experiences.

Portland Lee’s Association

The Portland Lee’s Association Dragon & Lion Dance Team has performed at thousands of events and is in great demand for performances throughout the year. The lion dance team was founded in April 2004 and currently performs both dragon and lion dances under the direction of Head Coach Terry Lee, assisted by Coach Eric Lee and Coach Nick Lee. The group’s history, rooted in the Lee Family Association, goes all the way back to the 1880s, highlighting their deep dedication to Chinese cultural traditions.

Parking & Directions

Free Lan Su Parking

There is free first come, first served parking in our sister lot next to the garden at 424 NW Third Avenue. Additional metered parking and garages are available on surrounding streets.

Lantern Viewing Dragon + Light Show (5:30PM)
2026-02-28 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-02-27 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-02-26 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-02-25 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-02-22 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-02-21 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-02-20 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-02-19 17:30 - 19:00 and 1 more date | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Photo by Aileen Sheedy

5:30–7:00 PM & 7:30–9:00 PM Every Wednesday–Sunday, February 18 – March 1, 2026 | Separate Tickets Required

*Zodiac Animals show and Dragon Dance procession at 6:15 PM / 8:15 PM*

Get ready for Lunar New Year 2026 Lantern Viewing Evenings at Lan Su! Ring in the Lunar New Year the Chinese way—with dazzling light, roaring dragons, and the magic of spring arriving in a classical Chinese garden.

Unlike any winter light festival in Portland, Lan Su’s Lantern Viewing Evenings immerse you in handcrafted Chinese lantern sculptures, partnering with Noble Robot for a spectacular projection-mapping light show—The Twelve Zodiac Animals, and a lively illuminated Dragon Dance procession by Portland Lee’s Association that brings the whole crowd into the celebration.

Lighting by Noble Robot. Photo by Dylan Evanston

Don’t miss a truly one-of-a-kind celebration that ushers in the New Year with unforgettable color, culture, and joy!

Get Tickets

Lan Su Members & Guests: $22.95

General: $32.95

Child (3–11): $12.95

Infant (0–2): Free

Oregon & Washington EBT Cardholders: $15.95 (up to 4 tickets per cardholder; available in-person at the Lan Su Ticket Booth during business hours)

Bundle & Save!

Day & Night Garden Experience Package: $39.95

Save up to 20% off the regular price! Select your Lantern Viewing Evening, then come back for even more Lunar New Year daytime fun any day between February 17 and March 8, 2026.

Note: A $0.95 service fee is reflected in each paid ticket

Meet Our Partners

Noble Robot

Among other creative endeavors, Noble Robot creates innovative lighting solutions, including stage and concert lighting design, LED installations, and live, interactive projection mapping. Using a variety of light sources—such as moving beams, wash lights, lasers, projection, and custom-designed LED products—they craft multi-sensory and immersive lighting experiences.

Portland Lee’s Association

The Portland Lee’s Association Dragon & Lion Dance Team has performed at thousands of events and is in great demand for performances throughout the year. The lion dance team was founded in April 2004 and currently performs both dragon and lion dances under the direction of Head Coach Terry Lee, assisted by Coach Eric Lee and Coach Nick Lee. The group’s history, rooted in the Lee Family Association, goes all the way back to the 1880s, highlighting their deep dedication to Chinese cultural traditions.

Parking & Directions

Free Lan Su Parking

There is free first come, first served parking in our sister lot next to the garden at 424 NW Third Avenue. Additional metered parking and garages are available on surrounding streets.

Lantern Viewing Dragon + Light Show (7:30PM)
2026-02-22 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-02-21 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-02-20 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-02-19 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-02-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209

Lunar New Year Opening Day
2026-02-17 09:00 - 16:30 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Kick off Lunar New Year at Lan Su with a packed day of fun cultural traditions for the whole family! We’re starting the Year of the Horse in style, with mini horses, a lion dance, calligraphy and more to help you welcome a fresh year and prosperous energy.

Come celebrate Lunar New Year at Lan Su and help support a full year of cultural exploration for the whole community!

Opening Day Activities

Caishen Gifting Hongbao

9:00 – 9:45 AM

In Chinese tradition, the arrival of Caishen (財神) marks one of the most joyful moments of Lunar New Year — a time to invite abundance, good fortune, and prosperity into the year ahead. The first 500 visitors to Lan Su on opening day will receive free red envelopes directly from the God of Wealth — a symbolic wish for protection, happiness, and a bright start to the Year of the Horse.

Lion Dance Performance

9:45 AM

Enjoy an energetic lion dance performance by Portland Lee’s Association to welcome good fortune into your year! Use the link above to see more scheduled lion dances throughout the celebration.

Zodiac Animal Ceremony + Mini Horse Meet & Greet

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Get to know the zodiac symbols of the year in friendly, miniature form. Be sure to join us early at 11 AM for a special zodiac animals ceremony with one of last year’s incredible live snakes from Creature Teachers. We’ll say goodbye to the Year of the Snake and hello Year of the Horse!

Chinese Calligraphy

11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Calligraphy is a revered art form that has existed for thousands of years and is considered a high art in Chinese culture. To welcome Year of the Horse, drop in anytime during the scheduled demonstrations to learn more about this art and watch calligraphers share techniques of this ancient art.

Family Craft Activities

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Dive into the Suzhou Experience Kit, just arrived from our sister city! Explore the iconic culture of the very place that inspired Lan Su Chinese Garden’s design, while creating a stamped card or print to take home with you.

Admission Rates | Parking & Directions

Lunar New Year Admission Rates

Lan Su Members & Guests: FREE

Adult: $17.95

Senior (62+) or Student (18+ with ID): $15.95

Youth (6-18 yr): $13.95

Child (5 yr & under): FREE

Note: A $0.95 service fee is reflected in each paid admission.

Discounted Admission Offers

EBT/WIC Cardholders

Discounted admission of $5.00 per person is available for up to four individuals per EBT card. To claim this offer, please present your EBT/WIC card and a valid form of photo ID at the Ticket Booth.

Veterans & Military

We offer $2 off admission for active-duty military, veterans, and their immediate family members with valid ID. The discount must be redeemed in person at the Ticket Booth.

Parking & Directions

Free Lan Su Parking

There is free first come, first served parking in our sister lot next to the garden at 424 NW Third Avenue. Additional metered parking and garages are available on surrounding streets.

Intangible Cultural Heritage Artists at Lan Su
2026-02-14 10:00 - 16:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
“This dragon is made of sugar! This tiger is made of flour!”

As Lunar New Year approaches, experience an exceptionally rare cultural encounter at Lan Su Chinese Garden. For one day only, nationally recognized inheritors of China’s intangible cultural heritage will present living folk traditions seldom seen outside China.

Watch molten sugar transformed into shimmering dragons, intricate dough sculptures shaped into opera heroes and mythical beings, and exquisitely detailed Beijing bristle dolls painted entirely by hand. These master artists—whose works are collected by major museums and celebrated around the world—will create each piece live before your eyes. Enjoy tastings, demonstrations, and close-up conversations with the grand masters, all included with admission.

This special appearance is made possible through our partner, the China Center of International Cultural Exchange & Tourism Promotion.

Meet the Artists

Bai Lin – Beijing Bristle Doll (Zongren)

Bai Lin is a leading Beijing Bristle Doll inheritor and museum curator who has long dedicated himself to preserving and innovating China’s intangible cultural heritage. With extensive collaboration with national cultural agencies, international cultural exchange in over 30 countries, and active involvement in public-benefit programs, he promotes heritage education for youth and employment support for people with disabilities. His refined Bristle Doll craft is widely recognized, and his works are collected by major museums in China and abroad.

Su Xu – Traditional Dough Sculpture

Su Xu, Representative Inheritor of Linfen Dough Sculpture and First-Class Arts and Crafts Master, is a versatile artist known for his miniature works spanning traditional figures, opera characters, mythological themes, flora and fauna, and contemporary portraits. A member of national and provincial folk art associations and a “Sanjin Talents” young outstanding talent, he grew up immersed in family tradition and later became a professional dough sculptor. His piece Night Reading of Spring and Autumn won the Gold Award at the 2015 Beijing Guoan International Folk Art Expo, and he has promoted the craft through media appearances such as Beijing Television’s Seven Colors of Light. Since 2016, he has represented Chinese folk art in international cultural exchange programs across Russia, the Netherlands, the UAE, France, and other countries.

Qi Yingying – Beijing Kite

Qi Yingying, a Beijing Folk Craft Master, has devoted herself to preserving the traditional art of Beijing kites since 2014, studying under renowned master Luo Huanwen (“Kite Luo”). Through years of rigorous training and refinement of the essential skills of painting, framing, pasting, and flying, she has developed a distinctive artistic style and exceptional craftsmanship across hard-wing, soft-wing, flat, and umbrella-wing kites. Her lifelike creations have earned broad recognition, including the Excellence Award at the 2019 “Beijing Gifts” Competition, and her works are collected by public and private museums in France, Germany, Thailand, and beyond. She has also been highly received in cultural exchange programs in Hong Kong and Macau.

Liu Tao – Traditional Sugar Painting

Liu Tao, a new-generation sugar painting artist and officially recognized intangible cultural heritage inheritor, was born in 1988 in Fuyang and is now based in Suzhou. Deeply influenced by traditional arts from a young age, he began learning his family’s sugar-painting craft at 16 and later traveled nationwide to study carving, ultimately merging sugar painting and sugar blowing into his signature 3D sugar sculptures. He has twice appeared on CCTV with his mentors and has represented the “Old Beijing Sugar Painting” tradition in Thailand, Cuba, the UAE, France, and other countries. Recognized in 2019 as an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and honored as a “Top Master” on Jilin TV’s Gao Shou Zai Min Jian, his work has been widely covered by major media.

Parking & Directions

Free Lan Su Parking

There is free first come, first served parking in our sister lot next to the garden at 424 NW Third Avenue. Additional metered parking and garages are available on surrounding streets.

Crab-Claw Narcissus Bulb Carving Workshop
2026-02-01 13:00 - 15:00 | Lan Su Office, 38 NW Davis Street, Suite 260, Portland, Oregon, 97209, United States
Sunday, February 1, 2026 | 1:00–3:00 PM | Separate Tickets Required

Location: Lan Su Office, 38 NW Davis Street, Suite 260 (2 blocks from garden)

Join Lan Su Chinese Garden’s Horticulture team on Saturday, February 1, for our annual Lunar New Year Crab-Claw Narcissus Bulb Carving Workshop. You will be provided with all necessary materials and guidance so that you can take home a carved bulb that will bloom for Lunar New Year.

Your ticket also includes admission to the garden for the day.

Get Tickets

Space is limited to 15 spots—reserve your seat now!

Lan Su Members: $40.95

Member Guests: $40.95

General: $47.95

Each ticket includes a $0.95 service fee.

What is the Significance of Narcissus?

Narcissus, or Shuixian (水仙), is an important plant for the Lunar New Year in China. The ability of narcissus to bloom with nothing but water and sunlight has led them to become associated with immortality. A special type of narcissus from Fujian Province, termed “crab claw narcissus” (蟹爪水仙) is a subspecies whose bulblets can be carved early to distort the growth of the leaves in a visually appealing way.

Learn more about these special plants in our January 2026 Hort Tidbit by Lan Su’s Curator of Horticulture, Josie Losh.

Parking & Directions

Free Lan Su Parking

There is free first come, first served parking in our sister lot next to the garden at 424 NW Third Avenue. Additional metered parking and garages are available on surrounding streets.

Meet Asian Santa
2025-12-21 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-20 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-14 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-13 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-07 11:00 - 15:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Saturdays & Sundays, Dec. 6-7, 13-14, & 20-21 | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Join us for a unique cross-cultural holiday experience! Take photos with Asian Santa, enjoy the festive atmosphere, and receive a blessing that carries both the brightness of the holiday season and the serenity of ancient Chinese aesthetics.

Cost: $5 per group of 6 people, $10 for 7-12 people, $15 for 13-19, etc. Regular garden admission is also required for each person in the group.

Dongzhi: A Chinese Holiday Party
2025-12-20 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-19 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-13 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Celebrate Dongzhi (冬至, the Winter Solstice) with a dazzling lion dance, live music, and hands-on fun. Explore the activities below, then grab your tickets for a night of festive fun among the holiday lights!

Tickets | Dongzhi: A Chinese Holiday Party

Lan Su Member – $10.95

General – $22.95

General Child (ages 5 and younger) – FREE

EBT Cardholder – $10.95. Limited availability only at Lan Su Ticket Booth. Show your EBT Card to purchase. Up to 4 tickets per cardholder.

Dec. 12

Dec. 13

Dec. 19

Dec. 20

*Note: Each paid ticket includes a $0.95 service fee

Activities

Roar of Winter: Illuminated Lion Dance Performance

Fridays & Saturdays, Dec. 12-13 & 19-20 | 6:00-6:40 PM

On a calm winter night, a magical, powerful, and graceful lion comes to life at Lan Su, dancing among the shimmering holiday lights. Come experience the breathtaking illuminated lion dance—where radiance, strength, and beauty meet in celebration!

Melodies of Winter Cheer

Fridays & Saturdays, Dec. 12-13 & 19-20 | 5:00-6:00 PM

Relax in the joyful atmosphere of classic Christmas songs and festive melodies with a touch of Chinese elegance, performed by local duo Sharon and Dan.

Meet the Musicians

Daniel is a composer, a classical guitarist, and a bassist who enjoys playing world music. He plays with the Beaverton Symphony and with local groups like Arco PDX. He scores music for films and writes screenplays for educational videos. He enjoys building cross cultural understanding through music performances.

Sharon Gan is the founder of Heart Strings Mandarin, an early-childhood Mandarin music and movement program taught in local libraries and online to students worldwide. Her Mandarin songs are available on major music platforms. She also teaches piano from her home studio; composes and performs with other musicians.

Dongzhi Kitchen: Hands-on Tangyuan and Dumpling Making

Fridays & Saturdays, Dec. 12-13 & 19-20 | 5:00-7:00 PM

A debate unresolved for centuries: Dumplings or sweet rice balls—what should you eat for Dongzhi?

Join us for a hands-on experience making both tangyuan and dumplings, then sample each and decide your favorite!

Tickets | Dongzhi: A Chinese Holiday Party

Lan Su Member – $10.95

General – $22.95

General Child (ages 5 and younger) – FREE

EBT Cardholder – $10.95. Limited availability only at Lan Su Ticket Booth. Show your EBT Card to purchase. Up to 4 tickets per cardholder.

Dec. 12

Dec. 13

Dec. 19

Dec. 20

*Note: Each paid ticket includes a $0.95 service fee
