Rice paddies are an important anthropogenic source of methane (CH₄) to the atmosphere, which aggravate the global warming greatly. CH₄ fluxes from a rice paddy in Central China were continuously measured with the eddy covariance method in 2018. The characteristics, dynamics and drivers of the observed CH₄ fluxes from this paddy field were subsequently analyzed. The results indicated that \mathrm{①} a distinct seasonal variation of daily CH₄ fluxes was found over the whole observed period. Daily CH₄ fluxes were the highest in the vegetative period, then decreased gradually, and became the lowest in the fallow period; \mathrm{②} observed CH₄ fluxes had a clear single-peak diurnal pattern during the vegetative and reproductive periods, and reached daily peaks at about 14:00-16:00. However, no obvious diurnal variation in CH₄ fluxes was observed during the fallow period; \mathrm{③} air temperature was the most important drivers that controlled the seasonal variation of CH₄ fluxes from this paddy field, and Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) was also found related to the CH₄ emissions; \mathrm{④} the largest daily CH₄ flux was 0.69 μmol/(m²·s), occurred in the late of vegetative period, and the total amount of CH₄ emissions over the whole observed period was about 28 g C/m².