The content, distribution and speciation of rare earth elements (REE) of soils in a typical geochemical landscape (REE mine area) in southern Jiangxi Province were studied. Soil samples were collected from three elementary landscapes (eluvial landscape, accumulative leaching landscape and superaqual landscape). Results show that the content and distribution of the REE were different in soils of three elementary landscapes. There occurs Ce positive anomaly in soils of eluvial landscape and accumulative leaching landscape, but Ce occurs negative anomaly in superaqual landscape. Speciation of the REE in soils of different elementary landscape is various. In short, exchangeable and bound to organic matter REE are the main forms of the REE in soils, and the REE of soils is very active in the studied area.