The invention provides a far-infrared ceramic material and a manufacturing method thereof, and relates to the field of ceramic materials and the technical field of infrared rays. The manufacturing method comprises the steps as follows: step 1) material weighing and mixing: weighing raw materials in percentage by weight as follows: 75-90% of silicon dioxide, 6-13% of an oxide or salt of zirconium, 1-3% of an oxide or salt of neodymium, 1-3% of an oxide or salt of europium, 0-2% of an oxide or salt of chromium, 0-2.5% of an oxide or salt of cobalt and 0-3% of silicon boride, mixing and crushing the raw materials until the particle size is smaller than 5.0 mum, and preparing into a mixture; step 2) forming: forming the mixture to obtain a green body; step 3) sintering: putting the green body in a kiln for sintering at the temperature of 1160-1260 DEG C for 60-120 min to obtain the far-infrared ceramic material. The far-infrared ceramic material has the advantages of stable far-infrared radiation wave band, high radiation efficiency, high thermal stability and the like and can be better applied to frequent and rapid cooling and heating environments.