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IPM: Beneficial Insects at Lan Su
At Lan Su Chinese Garden, we practice Integrated Pest Management, or IPM. IPM is an ecosystem-based strategy that focuses on the long-term prevention of pests and the damage that they cause by monitoring for pests, cultural control, manual control, biological control, habitat manipulation, and use of resistant plant varieties. Pest control methods are selected to…
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Culture Spotlight: Pushing Hands
Every Father’s Day, I think about Pushing Hands《推手》—the 1991 debut film by my favorite Taiwanese director, Ang Lee, and the first in his “Father Trilogy.” It follows Mr. Chu, a retired Tai Chi master from Beijing who moves in with his son and American daughter-in-law in suburban New York. What unfolds isn’t loud drama, but quiet tension: cultural clashes, generational gaps,…
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Culture Spotlight: Lady White Snake (白蛇傳)
The Dragon Boat Festival is coming up on May 31! While it’s best known for zongzi, boat races, and honoring the poet Qu Yuan, it’s also a perfect time to revisit the magical love story of Lady White Snake—especially fitting in the Year of the Snake.