The invention discloses an electrocardiogram monitoring system based on a ZigBee technique. The electrocardiogram monitoring system comprises an electrocardiogram collecting device, a ZigBee sending module, a ZigBee receiving module, a signal modulating module, a signal processing module, a mode recognition module, a central processor, a database, a displayer and an alarm. The electrocardiogram collecting device is connected with the ZigBee sending module, the ZigBee receiving module receives data sent by the ZigBee sending module and transmits the data to the signal modulating module, the signal modulating module is connected with the central processor sequentially through the signal pressing module and the mode recognition module, and the central processor is respectively connected with the displayer, the alarm and the database. According to the electrocardiogram monitoring system, a ZigBee wireless data transmission network is adopted, human body electrocardio data information can be reliably transmitted at a high speed, electrocardio monitoring can be carried out on a user in real time or for a long time, the annoy that the user has to go to hospital can be eliminated and burden of medical staff is reduced.