At that time, the main buildings of Shixiang Garden were Jinxi Temple, Xiaoyue Piano Hall, Wisteria Flower Shed and Purple Pear Flower Hall.
Today's nunnery is the studio, reception room and living room for daily life. After Juchao's death, it was a place for Ju Lian to worship Buddha and recite scriptures. The nunnery mentioned here is actually a hall.
Xiaoyueqin Hall is Ju Lian's residence and studio, named after the guqin "Xiaoyueqin" collected by Ju Lian. There is a painting case in the room, and a large glass cover is placed on the case, which is full of various grass insect specimens for sketching. In front of the museum, all kinds of strange stones are skillfully set up, and the rooms are decorated with flowers and plants, which are full of natural interest, elegant and pleasant, and quite a small garden.
The wisteria shed has the inscription "Ju Lian Rang Room", which is actually set in the open air. Trees such as Bai Mei, Smiling and Huangpi are planted on both sides for "Erju" to recite poems and sketch with friends and students.
Purple Pear House is a place where Ju Lian set up an account for apprentices to paint. In front of the house, there are wisteria, phoenix trees and other flowers and trees, so it is called "Purple Pear House", and the door is engraved with the wooden plaque entitled "Purple Pear House" by Qiu Hai, a calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, Ju Lian often played the guqin "Whistling the Moon" here, which made the garden full of days, elegant and pleasant.
To the west of the indoor room of Zilihua Pavilion, there is a place for Ju Lian to serve as a disciple, a place to paint, and a study in the east. Later, Gao Jianfu and Chen Shuren, the founders of Lingnan School of Painting, were influenced by the home school art in such a "fragrant country" with wonderful stones and fragrant flowers.