The invention relates to the field of biomedicine, and specifically relates to an enterovirus 71 antigen detection test strip (colloidal gold method) and a preparation method and application thereof. Enterovirus 71 can cause hand-foot-and-mouth disease, which has largegeneration proportion of severe infections (viral encephalitis, meningomyelitis virus and pulmonary edema), and a high death rate reaching 10%-25%. The test strip of the invention is used for rapid diagnosis of EV(enterovirus)71 infection. A virus separation and an RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) are methods first used for EV71 antigen detection, but are not suitable for primary clinic usage due to defects of difficult operation and high costs, etc. The invention overcomes the above insufficiencies and provides a reagent, which is highly demanded in clinic detection, simply operated, suitable for various medical disease control sections, and capable of detecting EV71 antigens in human oropharyngeal swabs, bubble liquid, serum or excrement, and also provides the preparation method and application thereof. A technical scheme is as follows: a specimen is dropped on a sample pad, and the EV71 antigen wherein combines with a gold-labeled EV71 polyclonal antibody in a gold-labeled pad and migrates along a chromatography membrane. A detected line captures colloidal gold particles to form a red line visible to naked eyes, so as to realize detection of the EV71 antigen.