The invention provides a collagen-based biomedical material by taking dialdehyde polyethylene glycol as a cross-linking agent and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method disclosed by the invention comprises the following steps of: preparing dialdehyde polyethylene glycol having a certain hydroformylation degree at first, uniformly mixing dialdehyde polyethylene glycol solution with the mass fraction of 0.1-5% with collagen solution with the mass fraction of 0.3-3%, then, pouring into a mould, freezing at -30-0 DEG C for 1-10 days, taking out, and freeze-drying in a freeze-drying machine for 1-2 days to obtain dialdehyde polyethylene glycol-collagen sponge; and repetitively immersing the sponge in water for 2-4 times, each time for 2-10 h to obtain dialdehyde polyethylene glycol-collagen hydrogel. According to the invention, a freezing polymerizing technology and a freeze drying technology are combined; the mechanical property, the thermal stability and the enzymatic degradation resistant property of collagen are improved by the prepared dialdehyde polyethylene glycol collagen sponge or gel; furthermore, the collagen-based biomedical material disclosed by the invention has the advantages of porosity, hydrophilia, water-retaining property, nontoxicity, good biocompatibility and the like, can be used in the biomedical fields, such as biological scaffolds, cell culture, drug release, burn and wound dressing and the like, and has good market application prospect.