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A zayat (; ; from Mon ) is a Burmese building found in almost every village. It serves primarily as a shelter for travelers, at the same time, is also an assembly place for religious occasions as well as meeting for the villagers to discuss the needs and plans of the village. Theravada buddhist monks use zayats as their dwelling place while they are exercising precepts on sabath days. Buddhist monasteries may have one or more zayats nearby. Donors mostly build Zayats along main roads aiming to provide the exhausted travelers with water and shelter. Beginning with Adoniram Judson's construction of one in 1818 Christian missionaries have also adopted their use.〔 as seen at (Google Books )〕〔 as seen at (Google Books )〕 Contributions, in money or labor, towards the construction, running or elaboration of a zayat are seen as dāna (meritorious charity). Thus zayats are generally built in a more durable and costly manner than most private houses. The labor is normally provided by locals, while the financing may be local or remote.〔 as seen at (Google Books )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Community Service - A Myanmar Tradition )〕 Some zayats have evolved other functions over time. For example, the Jivitadana Sangha Hospital for Buddhist monks and nuns began as a clinic at a zayat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=The Yangon Directory )〕 ==Literature in English== Because of the importance of ''zayat'' based evangelism to Adoniram Judson's mission, and the prominence that his first wife Ann Hasseltine's letters gave his work, many Christian missionaries in Burma constructed and used one or more zayats, and their letters and journals were widely published by missionary boards and societies in the United States. The first Fu Manchu story entitled ''The Zayat Kiss'' was published as a stand alone magazine story in 1912. This and the next nine stories were combined into the novel ''The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu'' in 1913, which was titled ''The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu'' when published four months later in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=The Bookshelf )〕 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「Zayat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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