The invention discloses a method for continuously synthesizing 1, 1, 1, 3, 3-pentachloropropane, which comprises the following steps: uniformly mixing carbon tetrachloride and vinyl chloride raw materials according to a certain ratio, pumping the mixture into a tubular reactor filled with an iron catalyst by using a pump, cooling the reaction discharged material by using a cold trap, collecting a reaction crude product, and distilling and rectifying the crude product to obtain the product, namely the 1, 1, 1, 3, 3-pentachloropropane. Unreacted materials enter the reactor to be recycled. Compared with the existing kettle-type intermittent or continuous reaction process, the method has the advantages of high catalytic reaction activity, low catalyst cost, wider selection, short reaction time, low by-product content, no need of subsequent separation of the catalyst, simple reaction process and equipment, and suitability for continuous industrial production.