CH_4 fluxes from soil under three land use types (woodland, tea field and vegetable field) were measured with static chamber-GC techniques; we also detected soil temperature, moisture and mineral nitrogen concentrations at the same time of gas sampling in the hilly red soil region of north subtropics. The purpose of the study is to explore the function of CH_4 source and "sink" in different land use patterns, is of much importance to evaluate the contribution of different land use patterns to the global climate change. Our results showed that land use types had great influence on mean CH_4 fluxes, vegetable field, tea field and woodland were 7.11, -1.49, -15.44 mug·m~(-2)·h~(-1), respectively, the highest fluxes from vegetable field, the second higher from tea field, while lowest values being observed from woodland. The annual cumulative CH_4 fluxes were 0.52, -0.31 and -1.46 kg·hm~(-2) for woodland, tea field and vegetable filed, respectively. The soil of vegetable field played a CH_4 source role, while the tea field and woodland soils were sink of CH_4 to the atmosphere as a whole. Seasonal variations of CH_4 fluxes from tea field and vegetable field soils were observed, CH_4 fluxes in spring and autumn seasons kept at relative high level, in other seasons, CH_4 fluxes were low. A significant negative relationship between soil CH_4 uptake rate and soil moisture was observed in woodland , and episodes of net CH_4 release were observed in woodland, which may be caused by high soil moisture (WFPS higher than 70%). However, soil CH_4 uptake rate and soil moisture were no correlation from tea filed and vegetable field. And no significant correlation between CH_4 fluxes and soil temperature were found from all land use types. A negative correlation between soil CH_4 emission and NH_4~+-N concentration was also observed from different land use type, while there was no significant relationship between soil CH_4 emission and NO_3~(-)-N concentration.