Construction of the Shizitou Canal began in 1908 and was completed by the end of March 1911. Initially, it was a government-operated irrigation system. However, following the abolition of regulations governing government-operated irrigation systems in March 1922, it was officially recognized as a public irrigation system on April 1, 1922, and the formation of an irrigation cooperative was approved on May 17 of the same year. On March 31, 1924, the system was reorganized as the "Shizitou Irrigation Cooperative," with three monitoring stations established in the irrigated area: Zhongtan, Jiyang, and Zhuzimen.