The invention discloses a manual restoration method of vegetation in a water-level-fluctuating zone of a reservoir. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, leveling, cleaning and tamping the upstream batter surface of the water-level-fluctuating zone when the water level is lowest, secondly, planting riparian homonoia roots or Chinese ash at the top of the outer slope surface of the water-level-fluctuating zone, so as to form a protective forest belt, and thirdly, paving plate-cultured festuca arundinacea on the upstream batter surface of the water-level-fluctuating zone, and in a zone with the fluctuating depth smaller lower than 2 m, and planting miscanthus floridulus in a zone with the fluctuating depth greater lower than 2 m, so as to form a hedgerow belt. The method has the advantages that the construction is convenient, the investment is small, the application range is wide, the vegetation is not easily damaged by flood, a good effect is realized, and the method can be applied to water-level-fluctuating zones of reservoirs in mountains to realize effective water and soil conservation and pollution control.