The invention discloses a technology for preparing 1, 1, 2, 3-tetrachloropropene, which comprises the following steps of dehydrochlorinating 1, 2, 3-trichloropropene in the existence of alkali solution to prepare 2, 3-dichloropropene; chlorinating the 2, 3-dichloropropene to prepare 1, 2, 2, 3-tetrachloropropene; dehydrochlorinating the 1, 2, 2, 3-tetrachloropropene in the existence of the alkali solution to prepare the 1, 2, 3-trichloropropene; chlorinating the 1, 2, 3-trichloropropene to prepare 1, 1, 2, 2, 3-pentachloropropene; finely distilling and purifying the prepared 1, 1, 2, 2, 3-pentachloropropene; dehydrochlorinating the 1, 1, 2, 2, 3-pentachloropropene in the existence of the alkali solution to prepare the 1, 1, 2, 3-tetrachloropropene which can be directly used for the fine distillation step (6) for synthesizing triallate to prepare the 1, 1, 2, 3-tetrachloropropene. The invention can ensure that the preparation technology is suitable for industrial production and has high content of products.