An illustrative fantasy character with dark skin and glowing bioluminescent patterns stands underwater amidst red coral, looking up.

Create an image of Nianqingren. How do they dress and/or decorate their bodies? Nianqingren wear bioloom garments. It incorporates living organisms, such as bacteria or algae, that respond to emotions, mood, and social roles. Body decorations include touch-reactive filaments with ceremonial dyes during rites of passage, especially birth, puberty, marriage, and death. What are beauty standards and self-expression like? Beauty is tied to one’s “story density”, the number of meaningful relationships and experiences encoded in their memory, and the clarity of one's glow. Are there gender identities? Gender is formal, fluid, and context-based. Individuals shift their gender expressions depending on collective needs, such as caregiving, diplomacy, or artistry. What other determinants of identity are there? Glow resonance (a unique biofrequency) Memory trace (a shared narrative across generations) Reef affiliations shape identity (the pod or coral region one belongs to) See more