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A ho trai ((タイ語:หอไตร)) is the library of a Thai Buddhist temple. A ho trai can come in different shapes and sizes. For many centuries, the sacred Tripitaka scriptures had been written on palm leaves. To preserve the scriptures against humidity and against termites, the library was often built on columns to raise the storage from the ground. Bricks were preferably used in constructions to battle termites. Sometimes the ho trai would be built, especially for this reason, above man-made ponds. Traditionally, the Tripitaka scriptures consisted of individual palm leaves, each measuring around 50 cm in length and around 4 to 6 cm in width. They were perforated and threaded in order to combine them in stacks of 20 to 40 pages. These stacks are kept pressed between two pieces of teakwood which is then wrapped in cloth and stored in a special bookcase. These bookcases are sometimes exquisitely crafted with mother-of-pearl inlay or with gold leaf applied on black lacquer. Beautiful examples of bookcases can be seen in the Bangkok National Museum. Modern Tripitaka are now printed as books. ==Gallery== File:Phetchaburiwysuwannaram9011.jpg|The ''ho trai'' of Wat Yai Suwannaramt in Phetchaburi built above a pond File:Chedi_et_Haw_Trai,_Wat_Hua_Khuang.JPG|The ''ho trai'' of Wat Hua Khuang in Nan File:Tungsrimuanglibrary.jpg|The ''ho trai'' of Wat Tung Sri Muang in Ubon Ratchathani File:Watrakhanghortrai052000b.jpg|The interior of the ''ho trai'' of Wat Rakhang, Khet Bangkok Noi, Bangkok 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ho trai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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