The invention discloses a water-saving type horsehair cleaning system. The water-saving type horsehair cleaning system comprises a worktable, a guide rail, sliding mechanisms, driving mechanisms, lifting rods, pieces of cleaning equipment, a cleaning pond, a first rinsing pond, a second rinsing pond, a first filtering pond, a second filtering pond and a recycling pond; each piece of the cleaning equipment comprises a mounting bracket, a cleaning cage, a waterproof motor and stirring paddles; the guide rail is positioned above the worktable; the sliding mechanism are arranged on the guide railin a sliding manner; each driving mechanism is mounted at the bottom of the corresponding sliding mechanism; each driving mechanism is connected with the corresponding cleaning equipment through the corresponding lifting rod; the cleaning pond, the first rinsing pond and the second rinsing pond are arranged on the worktable in sequence in a working direction; a water outlet pipe of the first rinsing pond is connected with a water outlet of the first filtering pond; and a water pump is arranged on a pipeline between the recycling pond and the cleaning pond. According to the water-saving type horsehair cleaning system, the contact range between horsehair and water is increased; the steps of cleaning, rinsing and the like are performed; the cleaning efficiency is high; the cleaning effect isgood; and water resource is saved in a cleaning process.