The piece-by-piece way in which Chung Yuan accumulated additional land on which to construct new buildings accounts for the irregularity of the shape of the campus, as well as the nature of the close interaction between the town and the school.
中原雖是一所由基督徒創建的學校，但並不屬於某一教會，也未得到外國教會的支助，因此校方所使用的經費，絕大多數還是靠學生繳的學費，這也是校方無力一口氣購下整片校地的原因。