Many plant species were able to gradually retreat to the eastern Himalayan area, which includes southeastern China. This region was not covered by the glaciers, and here the Creator left a garden for the rhododendrons to flower in all their splendor.
許多植物遂能撤至沒有冰雪覆蓋、包括中國西南在內的東喜馬拉雅山區，在這造物主留下的花園，杜鵑怒放。