The ancients did not understand that modern science could not explain why they could propose the theory of one day in the sky and one year on the ground. This theory was put forward by the Chinese Astronomist Joseph Needham, who believed that the Earth's time on the surface of the earth was actually a year underground. This theory was put forward because people didn't know enough about the world's time. At that time, people didn't know that the earth was a planet that revolved around the sun, and they didn't know that the speed of time would change because of the earth's rotation. Therefore, the ancients could only come up with some theories that were in line with their intuition based on their understanding of nature and the universe. However, these theories did not necessarily conform to modern science because they were based on the scientific knowledge and technological level of the time.