The teaching building was diagonally across from a small garden, spanning just over three hundred steps.
Outside the garden was a row of tall bushes, about one and a half meters high, trimmed to resemble battlements and parapets. The school workers maintained them neatly on regular days. Occasionally, Grass Spirits snuck into the bushes to build nests, but they would be caught by the workers within a day and thrown out of the garden.
The garden was mainly composed of three parts: the pavilion in the center, the pond surrounding the pavilion, and the pebbled path that wound around the pond.
The pavilion, with its flying eaves and complex joists, was beautifully decorated. However, due to its exposed location, it was too conspicuous, and not many people stayed inside on regular days.