The invention discloses a broadband polarization reconfigurable antenna based on a cross dipole and a parasitic unit. The antenna comprises a cross dipole radiation unit, a parasitic radiation unit, achip capacitor, a 3/4 feed square ring, an insulating support column, a coaxial feed line unit, a reflecting plate, a PIN diode switch, a microstrip line feed unit and a dielectric substrate; the cross dipole radiation unit, the parasitic radiation unit, the microstrip line feed unit, the embedded PIN diode switch and the chip capacitor are etched on the dielectric substrate. A basic unit of thecross dipole is a butterfly-shaped unit with two orthogonal arms, and the two arms of the butterfly-shaped unit are connected through the 3/4 feed square ring; slits are formed in the outer sides of the joints of the feed square ring and the arms; and the PIN diode switch is arranged between the microstrip line feed unit and the cross dipole unit. The antenna has the advantages of small size, light weight, simple structure, wide ultra-wideband and the like, and three working modes can be achieved by controlling on-off of the two PIN diode switches.