The first bronze ge appeared at the early Bronze Age Erlitou site, where two were being found among the over 200 bronze artifacts (as of 2002) at the site, three jade ge were also discovered from the same site.
Ge perunggu pertama muncul di situs Erlitou Zaman Perunggu awal, dimana dua buah ditemukan diantara lebih dari 200 artefak perunggu (pada tahun 2002) di situs tersebut, tiga ge giok juga ditemukan di situs yang sama.