The invention relates to a composite building 
humidity-controlling material and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of building materials. The 
humidity-controlling material is prepared from 
quaternized chitosan modified 
sepiolite to be compounded with sierozem, ground 
calcium carbonate, 
quartz sand and attapulgite. A great number of detrital impurities such as carbonaceous matters, 
clay minerals and the like covered on the surface of the 
sepiolite are removed through acidification and purification, so that most of pore structures appear, the pore volume of the 
sepiolite is obviously increased, and the 
moisture absorption and release ability of the sepiolite is enhanced. Meanwhile, 
chitosan is subjected to quaternization modification, so that the 
moisture absorption is improved. During the cleaning process of pores of the sepiolite, the pores are filled with the 
chitosan to produce a 
composite effect with porous structures of the sepiolite, so that the 
diffusion performance of 
water vapor on the surface of the material or inside the material is improved, the 
capillary condensation of the 
water vapor inside the material is promoted, and the 
moisture absorption capacity of the material is increased. The 
humidity-controlling material has faster 
moisture absorption and release rate, so that the physical adsorption of the material to moisture is promoted,and the 
moisture absorption capacity is increased to further enhance the 
moisture absorption and release ability.