The present invention discloses a low-serum culture medium suitable for BHK-21 cell flask rotation culture, and a preparation method thereof. According to the present invention, in the flask rotation adherence culture, the serum consumption is substantially to 1% from the conventional 10%, the cell growth rate is rapid, the achieved cell density is high, and the high vitality is maintained; and during the culture medium development process, a plurality of compounds having special functions, lipid components, yeast, plant hydrolyzates and recombinant proteins are used to replace the conventionally-added animal-derived components in the culture medium, hormones, lipids, trace elements, hydrolyzates and other components are added to replace the partial functions of the serum so as to substantially reduce the serum addition amount, and reduce the serum cost while reduce the probability of the pollution caused by exogenous pathogenic bacteria carried by the serum and the animal-derived proteins in the culture medium, and the protein content in the culture medium is substantially reduced, such that the purification process at the late stage is easily achieved, and the stability of the cell product is improved.