The invention discloses a europium doped lanthanide silicon oxynitride, of which the chemical general formula is La5-5xEu5xSi3O12N, wherein x is more than 0 and less than 0.25. The preparation method comprises the steps of: (a) weighing raw materials: lanthanum trioxide, silicon dioxide, silicon nitride and europium oxide, according to the molar ratio of the chemical formula La5-5xEu5xSi3O12N (x is more than 0 and less than 0.25); (b) ball-milling the raw materials and tabletting; (c) putting tablets into a high temperature furnace, under the nitrogen hydrogen atmosphere, raising the furnace temperature to 1000-1250 DEG C, and sintering for 3-10 hours; (d) turning off a hydrogen source, under the environment of charging nitrogen gas, keeping the high temperature furnace at a pressure of 0.5-1MPa, raising the furnace temperature to 1450-1550 DEG C, and continuously sintering the tablets for 3-10 hours; and (e) ventilating to release the pressure in the furnace to be an ordinary pressure, cooling down the high temperature furnace to room temperature by circulating under the nitrogen-hydrogen mixed atmosphere, taking out the sample tablets, and grinding, thus obtaining a fluorescent material. The fluorescent material prepared by the preparation method is stable in physicochemical property, convenient to control luminescence property, simple in preparation method, and free from environmental pollution, and is applicable to industrialized mass production.