十餘名少年嚴寒天氣赤膊奔跑引熱議

Recently, photos posted online showing a group of shirtless teenagers running outside in the freezing cold of Beijing have stirred up heated discussions among Chinese netizens.

最近，網上發佈的一組一羣赤膊少年在北京寒冷的天氣裏奔跑的照片，引發了中國網友激烈的討論。

The 15 schoolboys, naked from the waist up, wore only jogging pants, sprinting to the finish line at Olympic Park in Beijing last Saturday, a day when temperatures in the city fell to -10℃.

上週六，北京的氣溫低至零下10度，在北京奧林匹克公園，15名男生光着上身，只穿了一條慢跑褲，向着終點線衝刺。

A local educational institution set up the "shirtless running campaign", and the organizer insisted that running in cold weather can help strengthen the will of youngsters.

這是北京一家教育機構發起的“赤膊跑步運動”，組織者堅持認爲在寒冷的天氣裏跑步有助於磨礪青少年的意志。

All the young runners had on sports headbands decorated with the Chinese words nan zi han, which mean "a real man", while taking part in the activity.

所有參加比賽的年輕選手都戴着印有“男子漢”字樣的運動髮帶。

"There were supposed to be 40 children participating in the run, but some quit later because the sudden drop in temperature worried their parents," said a teacher from the institution.

該機構的一名老師表示：“本來應該有40個孩子參加這次跑步活動，但開跑前突如其來的降溫，讓一些家長很擔心，於是一些孩子退出了。”

"Children who sign up to run can withstand more both from physical and mental perspectives," said the teacher.

這位老師稱：“報名參加跑步的孩子，無論在身體還是心理方面都是可以承受的。”

According to the organizer, recruitment opened on its official social media platform with voluntary sign-ups.

據主辦方透露，招募是在其官方社交媒體平臺上進行的，並且都是自願報名。

While supporters applauded the "shirtless running campaign" as they believed it could help hone the willpower of these teenagers, those in opposition concerned about the children's health.

雖然支持者對“赤膊上陣運動”表示讚賞，因爲他們相信這有助於磨礪這些青少年的意志力，但那些反對者們則擔心孩子們的健康。

"Children nowadays are spoiled too much, so it is a good thing if they have opportunities to toughen up. But this should be done according to objective rules, rather than in a reckless way or performed as a stunt," said the father of a 5-year-old.

一位5歲孩子的父親表示：“現在的孩子嬌生慣養比較多，應該有一些機會讓他們接受更多磨練。但磨練還是要符合客觀規律，而不是蠻幹，也不能通過一種博眼球的方式。”