The invention belongs to the field of shield tunnels, and discloses a water shield arrival receiving structure and a receiving method. The water shield arrival receiving structure comprises a shield starting well, a shield tunnel design use section, a shield tunnel temporary climbing section and a temporary operation platform. The receiving method comprises the following steps of (1) enabling a shield to start from the shield starting well; after the shield passes through the shield tunnel design use section, reaching the terminal of the shield tunnel design use section; (2) after the shield reaches the terminal of the shield tunnel design use section, enabling the shield to upwards tunnel along the shield tunnel temporary climbing section until to the temporary operation platform; (3) after the shield reaches the temporary operation platform, disassembling, transporting, and completing the shield receiving process; (4) arranging a transverse blocking wall at the shield tunnel design terminal, disassembling or backfilling the temporary operation platform and the tunnel temporary climbing section. The shield tunnel design use section and receiving method have the advantages that the temporary operation platform is filled and built at the water area in front of the terminal of the shield tunnel design use section, and the shield receiving process is completed on the temporary operation platform; the safety is realized in the water shield receiving process, and the efficiency is high.