The Rally
A visit to Old Montreal and Chinatown
In this column, I will share my experience of exploring Old Montreal and Chinatown. My teammates and I were assigned some questions to find around these places by visiting shops and stalls door-to-door. Let's dive into some pictures and memories of that day.
MEET THE
TEAM
Ravneet Kaur, Rishi Sharma and Ridhima
To begin, it was my first visit to Chinatown of Montreal. I have heard many times from my friends that you should visit it once to experience the vibe of the Chinese market and cuisine. I was surprised by eating noodles with the people's chopsticks. I completely forgot that this Chinatown is located in Montreal. Instead, I felt that I flew into a Chinese city within a few minutes.
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Moving on, one more thing that I found astonishing was that there were many ideograms on the entrance of shops and stalls. They were fascinating as one can predict the meaning of a given symbol or picture easily without any written word. As I was walking down LaGauchetière street, I found a statue of a famous personality from China. People were paying their respect to this statue, which created a curiosity in my mind about this person. I searched on the Internet, and I found that he was Sun Yet San, the father of the nation of China.
Then, we ran towards Old Montreal as we were getting out of time. We had to cover the questions from that area too. Our main motive was to research the old monuments and statues, such as the statue of Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve. Later, we found a memorial in the shape of an obelisk in the middle of the Place of Montreal. It is named Pioneer’s obelisk and is made in the memory of the founders of Montreal.
To wrap up, it was a great exercise to explore Chinatown and Old Montreal. We learned a lot about different cultures living together in a French-Canadian city through this activity.
