The invention provides a device and method for preparing light aromatic hydrocarbon from biomass, the device comprises a raw material storage drying system, a circulating fluidized bed heat carrier heating furnace, a reaction system, a gas-solid separation system, a power system, a heat exchanger and a condensing tower, the reaction system comprises a downer reactor and a tubular fixed bed reactor which are connected in series; the gas-solid separation system comprises a group A gas-solid separation system arranged at a discharge port of the circulating fluidized bed heat carrier heating furnace, a group B gas-solid separation system arranged at a discharge port of the downer reactor and a group C gas-solid separation system arranged at a feed port of the downer reactor, and the group A gas-solid separation system comprises a three-stage cyclone separation device; the group B gas-solid separation system comprises a second-stage cyclone separation device, and the group C gas-solid separation system comprises a first-stage cyclone separation device, so that the system has the advantages of high efficiency, energy conservation, high yield of light aromatic hydrocarbon and easiness in industrial continuous production.