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SUMMARY:Weekly Member Hour
DESCRIPTION:Members and their guests are invited to enjoy an exclusive hour in the garden in the early morning glow. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesdays\, 9:00–10:00 AM (December 1\, 2025 – April 8\, 2026) \n\n\n\nThis exclusive hour allows members to take a quiet morning stroll through the garden as the city begins its day \n\n\n\nMembers are encouraged to bring guests in accordance with their membership level. This is a wonderful opportunity to introduce friends and family to Lan Su\, sharing the peaceful ambiance of the garden during these exclusive hours. \n\n\n\n\nExplore Membership
URL:https://lansugarden.org/event/weekly-member-hour-3/2026-02-11/
LOCATION:Lan Su Chinese Garden\, 239 NW Everett Street\, Portland\, Oregon\, 97209
CATEGORIES:Member Exclusive
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SUMMARY:#PlantWednesday Spotlight
DESCRIPTION:Join our horticulture team every Wednesday for a tour diving into a plant in its peak\, gardening tips\, and more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesdays\, 11-11:30 AM | Free with admission or membership \n\n\n\nThe #PlantWednesday Spotlight is a unique “show & tell” program featuring different captivating topics every month. Meet Lan Su’s horticulture team each Wednesday to explore\, learn\, and connect with the natural beauty of Lan Su. These are short 30-min sessions that showcase a horticultural wonder\, technique\, or tool that our passionate horticulturists want to share with fellow plant enthusiasts. Each session will shine a light on the behind-the-scenes operations of the garden\, highlight a plant at its peak beauty\, or focus on recent improvements to our collection. \n\n\n\nEach session will explore a different part of the garden based on that week’s topic. When you arrive\, please check in with the front door staff or volunteers for the exact location to meet in. \n\n\n\n\nGet Admission\n\n\n\n\nThis program is FREE with garden admission or membership. No registration needed.
URL:https://lansugarden.org/event/plant-wednesday-spotlight/2026-02-11/
LOCATION:Lan Su Chinese Garden\, 239 NW Everett Street\, Portland\, Oregon\, 97209
CATEGORIES:Free with admission or membership,Horticulture,Tours
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SUMMARY:Intangible Cultural Heritage Artists at Lan Su
DESCRIPTION:“This dragon is made of sugar! This tiger is made of flour!” \n\n\n\nAs 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.  \n\n\n\nWatch 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.  \n\n\n\nThis special appearance is made possible through our partner\, the China Center of International Cultural Exchange & Tourism Promotion. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Artists\n\n\n\nBai Lin – Beijing Bristle Doll (Zongren) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBai 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSu Xu – Traditional Dough Sculpture\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSu 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQi Yingying – Beijing Kite\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQi 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiu Tao – Traditional Sugar Painting\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiu 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParking & Directions\n\n\n\nFree Lan Su Parking\n\n\n\nThere 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.
URL:https://lansugarden.org/event/intangible-cultural-heritage-artists-at-lan-su/
LOCATION:Lan Su Chinese Garden\, 239 NW Everett Street\, Portland\, Oregon\, 97209
CATEGORIES:Art,Family Fun,Free with admission or membership,Lunar New Year
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