The invention discloses an intelligent power grid high voltage insulation damage monitoring system and method based on ultraviolet imagery. Image acquisition is conducted on a high voltage insulation device through an acquisition module via an ultraviolet imager, and an RGB color image of corona discharge and arc discharge on the surface of the device is obtained; the RGB color image is converted into a grayscale image through a pre-processing module; a threshold segmentation method is adopted by a threshold segmentation sub-module, a threshold is set to convert the grayscale image into a binary image, and a discharging area in the image is divided; mathematical morphology filtering processing is conducted on the binary image through a morphological filter sub-module, and scatters are removed; an edge detecting sub-module conducts edge detection on the filtered image, edge pixel point position information is stored, colors of edge pixel points in the original image are changed, and a dividing effect image is obtained. The intelligent power grid high voltage insulation damage monitoring method based on ultraviolet imagery has the advantages of being efficient, simple, visual, imagery, safe and convenient, and not influencing normal operation of the device. With combination of the image division technology, the discharging area is divided, and accurate detection of high voltage insulation damage is achieved.