A circulating steam generation device comprises a heating cylinder, a steam cylinder, a flow guide pipe, a circulating water pump, a circulating water pipe and a backflow pipe. The heating cylinder is connected with the steam cylinder through the flow guide pipe, the steam cylinder is connected with the circulating water pump through the circulating water pipe, and the circulating water pump is connected with the heating cylinder through the backflow pipe. An electric heating device is arranged in the middle inside the heating cylinder, a temperature detector is arranged at the upper end inside the heating cylinder, and a first water inlet is arranged on the left side face of the heating cylinder. A steam outlet is arranged at the top end of the steam cylinder, a hot water discharge outlet is arranged at the bottom end of the steam cylinder, and the interior of the steam cylinder is separated into an upper chamber and a lower chamber through a flow distribution hopper. The circulating steam generation device has lots of advantages of being short in heating time, convenient to use, high in heat efficiency and the like, is suitable for home use, small in investment cost, small in land occupation volume and low in maintenance cost.