The invention provides an ancient tea rapid cultivation method. The method comprises the steps of 1, site selection of nursery land, wherein dry land, paddy soil land, sandy loam soil land or yellow soil land which is flat, capable of achieving drainage and irrigation, fertile, deep, good in structure and high in air permeability is selected; 2, establishment of a seedbed; 3, building of a sun shelter; 4, cuttage, wherein cutting wood is 3-4 cm long with a leaf reserved, a 100 mg/L solution is prepared with rooting powder, and the root of the cutting wood is soaked for 2 hours; 5, application of a film; 6, management of the nursery land; 7, outplanting. According to the method, female parent cultivation is not needed during cutting wood picking, and practice proves that cultivation cost is low, the basic characters of cultivated plants can be guaranteed, survival rate is high, operation is easy, cultivation time is short and is shortened by one third compared with a traditional cuttage method, and transplanting survival rate is increased especially so that requirements for storage, utilization and research of ancient tea germplasm resources can be met.