The invention discloses a 1,200 MPa-stage silicon-manganese-chromium-series hot-rolled low-carbon steel plate and a preparation method thereof. The hot-rolled low-carbon steel plate comprises, by weight, 0.06%-0.14% of C, 2.5%-3.5% of Mn, 1.0%-1.6% of Si, 0.5%-1.2% of Cr, 0.1%-0.3% of Mo, 0.1%-0.5% of Ni, 0.002%-0.010% of S, 0.003%-0.010% of P, 0.01%-0.05% of Al, 0.003%-0.005% of N and the balanceFe, the tensile strength is 1,250-1,360 MPa, and the elongation is 12.8%-16.9%. The preparation method comprises the steps that (1), heat preservation is conducted on a steel billet at the temperature of 1,120-1,200 DEG C; (2), a hot-rolled plate is prepared through rough rolling and fine rolling; and (3), water cooling is conducted till the temperature is lower than or equal to 320 DEG C, and the hot-rolled plate is put into an isothermal heating furnace to be cooled along with the furnace. According to the method, the operation process is simple, cold rolling is not needed, quenching and tempering treatment is not needed, the production cost is reduced, and industrialized production is easy to achieve.