The invention discloses a portable Terahertz remote sensing detector and a remote detection method. The detector comprises a signal generating device, a detector, a processor and an imaging display device, wherein the signal generating device comprises a Terahertz wave radiation source, a broadband tunable laser and a plasma generator; and the detector comprises a receiving element, a detecting element and a signal modulation circuit. The detection method comprises the following steps of: 1, dividing scanning subregions and pixel points and encoding scanning output frequencies of various scanning subregions; 2, arranging an assembly and generating a remote detection signal; 3, performing two-dimensional scanning; and 4, performing signal analysis processing, namely rapidly imaging and generating a Terahertz wave image with frequency spectrum characteristics, identifying a material type of a tested object, generating a charge coupled device (CCD) image and identifying the shape of the tested object. The detector is reasonable in design, easy to operate, flexible in detection mode, wide in application range and good in detection effect, and can fulfill the aims of rapidly imaging and remotely detecting by combining THz and induced fluorescence spectrum analysis with space imaging.