The ingredients for the sauce are cooked, and the ingredients for pickling are raw.
The methods of raw pickling and marinating come from different regions:
Raw pickling comes from Chaoshan. It is to pickle the ingredients while they are raw. After pickling, they will not be processed further and will be eaten raw. It's an authentic taste.
Laozhi is a Cantonese term. It originally means to mix rice with vegetable juice when eating. More often, it is because the taste of the dish is very good, and the soup of the dish is added to the meal. Eat them all with the rice, leaving nothing behind.