I would like to introduce two english websites on Chinese culture for you guys. Have a quick view on them will help you understand the culture of China and how people live in Beijing better.
The first one is China Culture Information Net.
Most of the Chinese traditional festivals and folk arts are assorted.
Another website called Chinese Literature Classics.
http://www.chinapage.com/classic1.html
I bet not every Chinese native has gone through these mater pieces.
Try talk about Yijing or SunZi's Art of War with your friends, they gonna be jealousy for your range of knowledge.
:-)
PS: I just cann't write long, but I am trying.
Well done, William!
I just took a short time for browsing these two websites and felt amazed on them, especially on the second one, where I coul find most of the treasurable books.
However, the "English" version on the first website seems not working yet, then people here who can not understand Chinese would feel puzzled... :)
http://chinasbox.blogspot.com/ this one is also nice,which shows attractive pics
Try the website Julia gave us, it's much better, I've checked it.
It is truly up to date. Thank you.