Lan Su Chinese Garden Winter Celebrations & Two-Story Tea House

About this adventure

Enclosed behind high perimeter walls in Old Town Chinatown, Lan Su Chinese Garden is an authentic Ming Dynasty scholar's garden built by artisanal craftsmen from Portland's sister city of Suzhou, China. During the winter season and leading up to the Lunar New Year, the garden glows with red silk lanterns, festive floral displays of winter camellias and blooming wintersweet, and traditional paper-cutting craft stations for children. Families can stroll along covered wooden walkways and open pavilions surrounding Lake Zither without worrying about winter rain. Upstairs in the authentic Two-Story Tea House, families can warm up with soothing herbal teas, steamed dumplings, sweet sesame buns, and traditional almond cookies while enjoying panoramic views of the courtyards. Family Experience & Accessibility: • Stroller Accessibility: Nearly all garden paths, covered pavilions, and courtyard bridges are wheelchair and stroller accessible with smooth stone pavers. • Nursing & Rest Spots: Clean ADA-accessible restrooms with fold-down baby changing tables; covered pavilion benches provide peaceful places to rest. • Age Suitability: All ages; kids receive scavenger hunt discovery sheets at the ticket booth to find hidden dragon carvings and bat motifs. • Sensory Tips: Aromas of burning incense and blooming winter honeysuckle; soothing sounds of dripping rain from traditional roof eaves into stone water basins.