The invention discloses a method for synthesizing chiral trans-indanamine alcohol. The method includes subjecting indene as a material to reactive epoxidation via a sodium tungstate/phase-transfer catalyst/hydrogen peroxide system, reacting with benzylamine, resolving via mandelic acid, and hydrogenating to obtain the trans-indanamine alcohol >/=98% in ee. Materials used herein are simple and easy to obtain, and the method is convenient to implement and is more easily applied to large-scale production than traditional resolution methods.