Abstract: Rural settlements around metropolis are undergoing different degrees of reconstruction and transformation due to the radiation of central cities. Therefore, Analyzing the spatial pattern and production and life style of rural settlements in special region is conducive to guiding the rural development of special region, and can provide beneficial enlightenment for the practice of Rural Revitalization of special region. Taking 1868 administrative villages in Wuhan’s new urban area as the research area, we use exploratory spatial data analysis and geostatistical analysis methods to explore the spatial pattern characteristics of rural settlements in metropolitan areas from the three aspects of settlements’ spatial distribution, scale structure and morphological differentiation. The result indicate that: (1) In spatial distribution, the rural settlements in Wuhan are characterized by significant concentration with evident spatial variability, but the spatial differentiation is obvious, which shows an inverted U-shaped structure from the suburbs to remote rural areas. (2) In the scale, the rural settlements in Wuhan is generally small, which is manifested as a contiguous distribution situation of large suburbs and small periphery, and there is a positive correlation with the density distribution locally. (3) In terms of morphological, it shows obvious spatial differentiation, mainly in the form of bands, clumps, clusters and scattered points. (4) Finally, the production and life styles of rural settlements are identified through field investigation: suburban areas mainly develop urban agriculture and part-time business in the central urban areas, most of which are amphibious life patterns in urban and rural areas, while suburban areas mainly develop traditional agriculture and labor export.