The invention provides ceramic tile pasting mortar and a preparation method thereof. Waste tires are used for preparing machine-made sand, the existence of black garbage is effectively reduced, and meanwhile, the modified waste tire particles have very high ductility and excellent energy absorption performance, and can effectively prevent the dry shrinkage phenomenon of the mortar in the solidification process. A binding agent is added, the binding force of the mortar to the ceramic tile is increased, meanwhile, the binding agent is alkaline, the interface on the back face of the ceramic tile can be slightly reacted, the roughness of the interface is increased, and the binding agent can adhere and cure the mortar interface more easily. A modified retarder is added, so that the coagulation speed of the mortar is slowed down, the mortar does not react with groups outside modified waste tire particles and a binder, meanwhile, the modified retarder has the effect of a plastic stabilizer, the anti-sagging property of the mortar is improved, the micro-reaction inside the mortar is stabilized, and the bonding capacity of the mortar and a matrix interface is improved.