The invention discloses a fluorescent material for rapidly detecting explosives and a preparation method of the fluorescent material, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: S1, mixing 1, 8-diaminonaphthalene and derivatives thereof with 1, 3, 5-tri (p-formylphenyl) 
benzene and derivatives thereof or 1, 3, 5-tri (4-carboxyphenyl) 
benzene and derivatives thereof in a first 
solvent, adding 
sodium pyrosulfite, carrying out a 
reflux reaction, filtering, washing, and 
drying to obtain 1, 8-diaminonaphthalene-1, 8-diaminonaphthalene-1, 8-diaminonaphthalene-1, 8-diaminonaphthalene-1, 3, 5-tri (p-formylphenyl) 
benzene; after the reaction is finished, adding an acid solution to adjust the pH value of the reaction solution to be neutral, filtering, 
drying and recrystallizing to obtain a prefabricated product; and S2, mixing the prefabricated product with halogenated 
hydrocarbon in a second 
solvent, adding an alkali catalyst, stirring, filtering 
dry weight, and performing heavy 
crystallization to obtain the fluorescent material. The invention also discloses application of the fluorescent material in detection of explosives. The fluorescent material disclosed by the invention has a good 
spatial configuration and can be used for detecting various explosives, such as 2, 4, 6-
trinitrotoluene, 2, 4-dinitrotoluene, mononitrotoluene, hexogen and plastic explosives.