Abstract: The 2008 snow storm in southern China was a huge natural disturbance to the forest ecosystem.We conducted an experiment in Phyllostachys heterocycla cv.pubescens forest in Wuyi Mountain to understand the influence of snow storm on major soil ecological factors and soil ecological processes. We divided the damage level of phyllostachys heterocycla cv.pubescens forest cause by the snow storm into three types i.e. heavy, middle and low level. The rate of damaged bamboo in heavy, middle and low level was 43.7 %, 21.8 %, 10.3 %, respectively. The aboveground biomass input to the ground caused by the snow storm was 221, 1.04 and 0.60 kg/m2 , respectively. The canopy closure was significantly negatively correlated with soil moisture, soil respiration, soil temperature and soil microbial biomass carbon, respectively soil microbial biomass carbon, soil temperature and soil respiration were significantly correlated with the aboveground biomass loss. There were significant difference in soil respiration and microbial biomass carbon among different damage levels. The open of the canopy and the input of the litterfall and woody debris to the floor may lead to the changes of soil moisture, soil temperature, soil respiration, and soil microbial biomass carbon, and might alter the biological and ecological processes of phyllostachys heterocycla cv.pubescens forest.