The invention discloses a supporting structure in the initial stage of freezing for a tunnel in soft surrounding rock, and a construction method, and belongs to the technical field of tunnel supporting structures. Insulation
layers are coated in an upper
flange and a lower
flange of an arch frame; a
refrigeration device is composed of N-type semiconductors, P-type semiconductors and
metal gaskets,the
metal gaskets are bonded onto the arch frame in a staggered manner, and the N-type semiconductors and the P-type semiconductors are alternately welded onto the intersection positions of the metalgaskets and connected into couple pairs; a heat dissipation device is composed of a communication
pipe, heat dissipators, a ventilation
pipe and an
exhaust pipe, the arch frame with the refrigerationdevice is installed after tunnel excavation, the heat dissipators are distributed at the inner side of the arch frame, and the adjacent arch frames are connected by the communication
pipe; and the ventilation pipe is inserted into the arch frame and led to the hole of the tunnel, the
exhaust pipe sleeves into the ventilation pipe, and a direct-current power supply is connected with the
refrigeration device. According to the supporting structure in the initial stage of freezing for the tunnel in the soft surrounding rock, and the construction method, in the case that a
refrigeration system isnot constructed independently and the action of the arch frame is not influenced, a frozen soil shell can be formed on the
peripheral surrounding rock of a soft section of the tunnel, water isolationis carried out, the deformation of the tunnel is controlled, the ventilation of the tunnel is improved, and the construction environment is improved.